Well, a very inexpensive telepresence robot based on a laptop and motorcycle carts

Now, many modders and fans of digging into hardware (geeks, let's say) have begun to create their own models of telepresence robots. At the same time, of course, mostly used materials are used. As a result, robots turn out to be quite interesting, and their cost is low. At the same time, factory analogues can cost 2-3-5 or more thousand dollars, which very few people can afford. But an engineer from Canada named Colin Adamson created his own model of such a robot for only $ 225.

Probably, the price is even lower, since this is already the cost of pre-order, which obviously should be at least slightly higher than the cost of assembly. In his model, Colin uses a motorcycle trolley of his own design, which is equipped with a gyroscope, everything necessary for movement, and an Arduino controller (as without it). An inexpensive netbook is installed on the cart, and the journey of the improvised “robot” begins.
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Interestingly, Colin adapted a netbook running Windows, although Linux is usually used in such cases. Management is performed either from another computer / laptop (running Windows), or from mobile devices based on Android or iOS.

As mentioned above, the cost of the robot, called Oculus, is low. Pre-order can be issued for only 225 dollars, and as soon as the required amount is accumulated, the lot of robots will go into production. After establishing a massive Oculus release, Colin will set the price of the robot at $ 270. In principle, very good. As far as you can understand, only the cart comes, and the netbook will need to install its own.



Via xaxxon