Comments on: Cardboard Androids http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:51:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nitori http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128926 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:49:03 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128926 @M4CGYV3R I would not knock the use of the arduino in this case as it is a good platform choice for this project.

Of course you also could use a picaxe instead or if you wish just flash a PIC or AVR.

As for the phone I’d look into using any Symbian based Nokia as these can be had for very cheap unlocked off ebay.
You don’t need a 1Ghz processor for a simple robot in fact the arduino alone has enough processing power for a simple robot if you’re not using vision.

]]> By: Alan http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128924 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:46:48 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128924 So many people totally missing the point :O. You do not need to use a laser cutter to cut cardboard, unless you have neurological damage. This hack is directed to people who have an android OS phone, do not get in a tizzy just because you are jealous, but this is not copy a day, it’s hack a day. If you feel it would be better suited with a different controller, USE a different controller.

The major premise here is using cardboard for cheap prototyping.

]]> By: kvmanii http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128767 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:06:17 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128767 @therian & Hosky

I followed this http://robostuff.com/ project it uses a WRT router to control a servo controller.. I made my own version of this project and it works wonderful…
the guy Andre has had a few of his hacks on this site,

]]> By: therian http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128749 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:37:04 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128749 @Hosky
“Whats the cheapest embedded platform with wifi or bluetooth?”

WRT based router, there is many ways to get them even for free

]]> By: markii http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128746 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:22 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128746 @therian – good point :)

]]> By: osgeld http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128741 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:32:10 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128741 I love hearing how easy and cheap it is to make stuff… when you have access to a 10,000$ laser cutter

]]> By: Hosky http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128740 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:56 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128740 So what would be the best bang/$ replacement for the android here? Whats the cheapest embedded platform with wifi or bluetooth? That you could use to communicate to the bot.

]]> By: Brandonman http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128730 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:41 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128730 Is arduino HaD’s biggest sponsor or something? ;P

]]> By: James http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128729 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:29 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128729 Not really, one of the most expensive bits of a robot is the chassis, the electronics are always in flux and often interchangeable. Makes more sense to proto the chassis in cheap materials.

]]> By: therian http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128722 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:35:13 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128722 well if their goal was cheap robot platform than they failed from beginning when build it from overkill & overpriced parts, only what cheep there is cardboard but it too impractical like building bike with premium bearings and mechanics for serious racing model but use duct tape instead screws & glue and call it saving

]]> By: James http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128719 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:28:39 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128719 M4CGYV3R – or they could just have used an off-the-shelf arduino and enjoyed the process just as much but with fewer costs and areas to make mistakes. I think they took the right route to a quick proto. It’s becoming fashionable to knock the arduino, it’s a shame people follow fashions blindly.

]]> By: M4CGYV3R http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128706 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:05:28 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128706 It took four weeks because they had to use a failduino.

If they had learned proper MC programming, and had the tools on hand, they could’ve whipped up a PCB and soldered on an Atmega chip. They could have been done without all those ‘shields’ and add-on components, or its whack programming interfaces.

Arduino has become the Apple of microcontroller and physical computing.

]]> By: Mohamed http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128679 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:39:19 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128679 reminds me of this which I submitted a while ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=052JJGBxFH0&feature=player_embedded (n95 solving a rubiks cube with lego Mind Storms. You can pick these phones up for cheap on ebay or the likes. Prototyping with mobile phones cheap and this just proves it. Android beats it when it comes to programming however.

]]> By: therian http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128671 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:51:49 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128671 @abbott
paper case = paper hat as helmet, both can costly screw you

]]> By: Nitori http://hackaday.com/2010/03/08/cardboard-androids/comment-page-1/#comment-128669 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:37:03 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=22243#comment-128669 I would have use plastic cutting boards as the building material.
They’re cheap and durable.

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