Hello every one.
When i'm waiting for a bus at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station Hyderabad, a toy got my attention. It was a beautiful orange colored Crocodile toy.The first thing in my mind is "What if this toy is Bluetooth operated ? ". Then with out much thinking i bought it though my colleague laughing at me.
That's a spooky look of it. This one just moves on it's wheels, based on same old spiral spring mechanism we used to have in our childhood ( I mean kids from the 90's).
When i'm waiting for a bus at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station Hyderabad, a toy got my attention. It was a beautiful orange colored Crocodile toy.The first thing in my mind is "What if this toy is Bluetooth operated ? ". Then with out much thinking i bought it though my colleague laughing at me.
That's a spooky look of it. This one just moves on it's wheels, based on same old spiral spring mechanism we used to have in our childhood ( I mean kids from the 90's). What are the possible upgrades can be done on this thing:
1) Make it wireless operated using
(ZigBee/Bluetooth/WiFi/434mhz rf/RC5)
2) This one got 2 joints in its tail. So a couple of servos will make it swing crazy
3) Legs are just dummy. So can't do much about them. So need to rely on it's old wheels and run it with a DC geared motor.
4) Make some modifications in it's lower jaw and make it bite things. This could be a tricky part.
5)put an IR sensor in its mouth.
So lets see how this upgrades look like.
To make all these things possible we need a processing element. First thing in my mind is arduino. But I found there are some Robogenesis (i work at that company) development boards laying around my room.
