Loki Robot - Video 3 (New Arm and Object Recognition)

Here is Loki, with his new arm. Loki demonstrates the ability to recognize objects, and shows how his arms work. Also, the video shows a little of Loki's control interface and his view of the world.
See www.dshinsel.com for more info about Loki and other robots by Dave Shinsel

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Loki
• Robot
• Arm
• DIY
• homebrew
• homebuilt
• robotics
• hobby
• Shinsel

[alikamilsmile]

The screen in Loki's stomach. Is it a view of an Windows XP computer screen and a camera?

[dshinsel007]

Yes, the display is from a PC inside Loki. Finally moved to Win7, need to update with a new video (not enough time!). The Video you see is what Loki sees from his eyes. He uses this for vision processing, such as face recognition and object recognition.

[dshinsel007]

Regarding programming: The PC code is in C++, and the code running on the PIC microprocessor is in C. I have some Basic Stamps, but did not use any on this project.

Regarding cost: Must of the hardware was salvaged from other projects and I get a lot of stuff from ebay and my local surplus store. But, I'd guess Loki would cost about $2,000 from scratch as he is now.

[CrazyAssSwe]

Hi dshinseI007! You are freaking awesome! I am so impressed! May i ask what kind of education you have? electro engineering? computer engineering? Plz answer.

[dshinsel007]

My degrees are in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, but that was a long time ago. I am a manager at Intel, and work on Loki to keep up on technology (and because it's fun). :-) For some really smart, advance stuff, check out Willow Garage!

[sublimeisthecoolest]

Hey is it true that all loki is is a computer with weels and a couple of programs. Not to be rude or anything.

[dshinsel007]

Yes, no offense taken. :-)

Loki is computer-based, using a laptop.

He also has 6 interface circuit boards, 20 sensors, 2 web cams, 11 servos, 2 motor controllers, and 70,000 lines of custom software.

[MADJIHAD1942]

Cool, I like the blink in its eyes. Looks like its fairly scripted but still neat.

[Thepockets88]

@dshinsel007

There all Finished, and it only took 7 Million lines of basic XD

No offense. This project is awesome, im so jelious. Do you ever take loki to any shows etc?

[MrRockMusicc]

The New Generation Of Wall-E

[kewldude81]

I love loki i want one LOL

[Deathcrowd11]

Imma sub just 4 Loki

[flymerlion]

Hey, I once gave a lot of tries at making a robot before, but it's really simple. Just some navigation, voice recogniztion, object avoidance etc. I'm just 16 now (did the robot when I was 14) but anyway, I had a lot of trouble getting the arduinos and PICs to work. And the only option I was left with (atleast at that time) was to put a computer inside and control it with parallel ports. Luckily, I found a really old laptop which have those. Anyway, where did you get the info on PICs? I'd love to

[snjokaggl]

@sublimeisthecoolest aren't all robots computers with servos and programs? I think so :P

[DrunkAt8am]

He'd be faster if he ran on Linux! ;-)

[josdewitte]

may i ask how many you've spend on loki??

and maybe some tips about which software you're using,,

i also want to make an home made robot...

for about 500,-