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Sassy DIY Talking Robot Tells You How to Assemble Sassy DIY Talking Robot
Posted by Jack Loftus at 2:00 AM on August 25, 2008
This sassy little thing is the brainchild of L. Scott Hudson, who recently participated in MAKE's Dorkbot Austin robot building event. This gal is kind of like the Twitter box bot we wrote about this week (also a MAKE find), but it's got the added bonus of moxie. It also gives you step-by-step self-assembly instructions in the video. See? Robots are ready to start building themselves. Earth: Doomed.
The instructions are simple enough. There's the Microsoft speech API, the LED mouth, some circuitry, and lastly the googly plastic eyes from a craft store. It's certainly no EVE, but it's a start. [MAKE via Tecnhabob]
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enchantedgoose
Posted 2:02 AM 25/8/08
wont that tear a hole in the universe
enchantedgoose
TheDude06
Posted 4:12 AM 25/8/08
Dear everyone, your youtube video does /not/ need background music. ever. kthxbye
TheDude06
enchantedgoose
Posted 12:35 PM 25/8/08
@TheDude06: yes it /does/ cuz if the video has no sound then people leave 450 comments asking where the sound is!
enchantedgoose
L
Posted 12:34 AM 26/8/08
Hey, thanks for the Link!
Hopefully I will have her Motor Controller programming completed this weekend, and her Robot Arms assembled and programmed by the Maker Faire deadline. Also, those "googly plastic eyes from a craft store" are actually webcams. So she can see you.
Oh, and to "TheDude06" -- if the audio accompanying all of your video footage includes barking dogs, a toddler giggling at the television, C-3PO informing Han Solo that they seem to believe he is some sort of deity, and a pregnant woman having pre-labor contractions, then yes indeed your YouTube video / does / need / background music.
u/w.
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dothack
Posted 2:58 AM 25/8/08
the guy who made this is in the austin robot group :)
be sure to check us out! www.therobotgroup.org
dothack