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 04/11/2008 20:52:36
agliarept
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Spykee robot hack

Hi, just got my Spykee from Toysrus, It was on sale for 250 so i had to get it asap. Well im happy with it. Although its not exactly worth waiting for like 2 and half years but its still a cool robot. I already figure out how to change those dumb fiber optic lights and just install led surplus lights on its shoulders and use it for better ligting. I am also going to conver the body of it since i dont like basic stock robot shape. All we need is for someone to figure out a way of moving the arms up and down or somehow adding on to the robot so we can make the head tilt and what not. I can already do this by adding a seperate remote control but i rather just do it from once remote or pc and not have lke 3 diff ones to control spykee. Still early tho, so i will put up pics once its all done. Hope everyone is enjoying their spykee.

-Mauro

 13/11/2008 14:20:18
Tontechamun
1 posts


Re: Spykee robot hack
Hello

First: Sorry about my english. Isnt my native Language...

I recive the spykee 2 Days before and all is working. (i dident build this plasic stuff makes spykee looks like a anderoid or something. Just screw the camera on the main frame ...) Local mode, Wifi Local and Remote mode over internet working well. Camera picture looks ok. Sometimes (yes only sometimes. Cant figurit out in this short time since i recived spykee) a big delay from the video stream makes me wait after move spykee to see what i do...

Hackung Ideas:

Before i recive the spykee my first hacking idea was also the LED's. 3 Buttons on the interface are 3 possible channels for pan/tilt the Cam or what ever. Now i see the 4 LED's (2green/2red) on the spykee body flashing all the time. If i press one of the LED Buttons the LED's will lightning permanently. Should be possible detect flashing or lighning LED's and use them for something... And the white LED on the Camera is just switching ON/OFF. Great!

Next an more interesting idea was using the 8 soundbuttons to remote something. replace the soundfiles with 8 Bit square signals (beep, pause, beep, pause,beep...) and using a micro controller to "lissen" to the "speaker" output from spykee. But : now i read in the instruction manual it is only possible change the last 2 sounds.... mhhh
We need a microcontroller realy "lissen" to the sounds.. compare with a database (the 8 sounds) and do some reaction like moving servomotors for pan/tilt cam ... moving a robot arm.. what ever..?

No way is using the mp3 Player für sending signals, because playing mp3's working only on local modus...

Other Ideas?

Chris
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