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DJ's robots
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I have been actively building robots or electronic devices throughout my life. Mostly, they are tools to perform a specific function that aid a task. My passion for robotics and artificial intellegence has always been a high priority.
My earliest robots were usually very simple; one would follow a line, then rebuilt to follow a noise, and then again dissassembled and made to avoid walls, etc.
Over the past few years, I began combining my experiences to build interactive and independent robots. My passion is to combine artificial intellegence with robotic hardware to build mature and functional robotic tools and pets.
You can certainly find reasonable priced robots that attempt to provide interactive enjoyment for children, but they lack the autonomous ability and personality that adults desire.
Below are some of my robots that I have built. You may click to read their full articles with technical specifications and references.
Enjoy 
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EZ-B robot project board
This is the physical hardware circuit (or brain) of my robots and electronic devices. It is my own pcb design that involves a microcontroller, bluetooth/serial communication and widgets. This article is a descriptive explanation of the board and how it simplifies robotic and electrical project development.
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Synthia - Artificial intelligence
Synthia is my communicative aritificial intellegence module that I have ported from my latest robot build. This online version learns from user input. I put Synthia public to Learn For my current robot build. The knowledge that Synthia learns will be implemented in the a.I. Module of my latest robot's speech ability.
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My 2d/3d environmental mapping code
My robots are built off my evolving codebase that utilizing a 2d or 3d array of it's environment to produce behavioral artificial intellegence responses and decisions. Here is a brief writeup on the codebase.
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K-9... My autonomous robot pet
Inspired off the 1980's Doctor Who K-9, he is my autonomous house hold pet.
Built with styrene, a few servos and a microcontroller.
This K-9 won 1st place in the 2008 trossen robotic awards with my 3-D environment codebase and reactive artificial intellegence.
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Wall-E... "What the disney toy should have been"
This Wall-E was originally a static childrens toy that I purchased originally made by disney. I removed the single motor gearset that animated the arms and head.
I modified the frame, replaced his insides with servos, added a microcontroller and a few sensors... Voila, a real interactive autonomous Wall-E
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Autonomous Cookie Monster "Fuzzy!"
I wanted to make something different for this robot. My robots are always somewhat cute (so I hear), and I accept that  .
My goal has always been robots as pets demonstrating reactive artificial intellegence. Cookie Monster was surely an interesting choice, but it's pretty fun to see animated!
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Bluetooth Controlled Wall-E Robot
This robot was built for a demonstration of my EZ-B Board. The robot was originally a plastic toy that I hacked with servos to be remote controlled over a bluetooth connection.
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