Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - Robobrrd http://sylviashow.com/tags/robobrrd en RoboBrrd to the Rescue! http://sylviashow.com/blog/super-awesome-sylvia/2012/08/11/robobrrd-rescue <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>While we were at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012, out of nowhere, Robotgrrl came up to us and asked if I wanted her one and only, <em><strong>WaterBrrd!<strong></strong></strong></em> Of course I said <em>yes!</em></p> <!--break--><p>I bet you're wondering what this RoboBrrd stuff is all about....</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/original_robobrrd.jpg" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/original_robobrrd.jpg?itok=eQ-XFfOD" alt="RobotGrrls robobrrd sitting on its box." title="&quot;I&#039;m hula hooping! Wahoo Tweet CHIRP&quot;, photo by RobotGrrl" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/bird_brain_board.jpg" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/bird_brain_board.jpg?itok=z5y1xJht" alt="The Robobrrd Brain Board as designed by RobotGrrl" title="It&#039;s Purple, it&#039;s awesome, it&#039;s the Brain Board for Robobrrd!! Just look at those snazzy drawings!" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://robobrrd.com">RoboBrrd</a> started out as an interactive robot made of felt, popsicle sticks and an <a href="/arduino">Arduino</a>. Now, <a href="http://robotgrrl.com">Robotgrrl</a> is making it into an easy to solder board and lasercut kit for making your very own open source RoboBrrd!</p> <p>The kit isn’t quite done yet (it’s hard to put together a kit!), so I just got the wood parts that she made using the laser at <a href="http://evilmadscientist.com">Evil Mad Science Laboratories!!</a> <em><strong style="font-size: 1.8em">Muahahaha!</strong></em></p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4109.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4109.JPG?itok=h7-4SXjQ" alt="Sylvia&#039;s WaterBrrd in progress of being hooked up" title="Work in progress, not quite there yet!" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4110.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4110.JPG?itok=et_3rUCI" alt="Waterbrrds armature paperclip hooked up to the servo and the wing" title="Paperclip amerture with some fun little bends in it" /></a>To make the wings flap, we used paper clips as armatures connected to little blue servos mounted in the rectangle holes behind the eyes.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4113.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4113.JPG?itok=DB531rKP" alt="Waterbrrds beak in open position" title="The beak hangs evenly because of the stable paperclip triangle in the cardboard" /></a><br /> <a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4111.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4111.JPG?itok=aIwWLsQc" alt="Cardboard and paperclip amarture behind the beak" title="You can quite see the triangle, but it&#039;s ahead to the left of this. It can&#039;t open the beak all the way, but it&#039;s enough" /></a><br /> For the beak, it was a lot trickier! With the top and bottom beak parts loose, I figured out that with some cardboard and a paperclip triangle, you could keep it steady and open and close it. The servo at the back just pushes and pulls the cardboard.</p> <p>When its fully completed, I want to make my WaterBrrd say my tweets by chirping and flapping its wings twice, or have it tell me the weather and current temperature. The possibilities are endless!<br /> <a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4109.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4109.JPG?itok=h7-4SXjQ" alt="Sylvia&#039;s WaterBrrd in progress of being hooked up" title="Work in progress, not quite there yet!" /></a></p> <p>For right now, its flapping its wings, beaking around, blinking its eyes, and talking with an old android phone my dad hooked up. The programming was <em>all</em> done by me.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4114.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4114.JPG?itok=TYSGw8fz" alt="Waterbrrd sitting on table with glowing eyes" title="Finished Product! (pretty much)" /></a></p> <p>I used an Arduino Uno and programmed it very easily. It is just like scratch, except with words and semicolons. The robobrrd will be a great kit and I can’t wait till it comes out! GO ROBOBRRD!!!!!</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4120.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4120.JPG?itok=m_5VpgpA" alt="Sylvia posing with her robotic &quot;WaterBrrd&quot;" title="WATERBRRD!! Tweet Tweet!" /></a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"> <h3 class="field-label">Tags&nbsp;</h3> <span class="field-items"> <a href="/tags/home" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">at home</a>, <a href="/tags/robots" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">robots</a>, <a href="/tags/robobrrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Robobrrd</a>, <a href="/tags/robotgrrl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Robotgrrl</a>, <a href="/tags/servos" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">servos</a>, <a href="/tags/electronics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">electronics</a>, <a href="/tags/wire" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wire</a>, <a href="/tags/armature" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">armature</a>, <a href="/tags/arduino" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Arduino</a>, <a href="/tags/code" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">code</a>, <a href="/tags/laser" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">laser</a>, <a href="/tags/wood" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wood</a>, <a href="/tags/paperclips" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">paperclips</a>, <a href="/tags/water" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">water</a>, <a href="/tags/led" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">led</a> </span> </div> Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:06:54 +0000 Super-Awesome Sylvia 79 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/super-awesome-sylvia/2012/08/11/robobrrd-rescue#comments