The beta version of the robot is complete. The robot is able to work with remote wireless access and runs on batteries. The camera works, a speaker in the back shoulder provides recognizable voice, head and arms move, and the robot is mobile. The exterior appearance is dull and incomplete at this point: paint coating and eye LEDs will be added later.
The USB webcam is fixed onto the PER‘s head which was detached from the PER. The head is mounted on a PVC pipe neck on the torso of the robot. The tilt and the pan servos are already built into the PER’s head.
The mouth is covered with emery cloth, a perfect material for protection and cloaking of the camera. The metallic mesh lets the camera see through enough for capturing video.
The Qwerk processing board and the battery pack is resting inside the PVC torso. The board will be fixed on the torso with Velcro strips.
The servos for arms are glued onto the side panels.
The chassis of the PER is the driving force of our robot. The entire torso is fixed onto the chassis. Servos and motors for driving the PER are already mounted on the chassis.
The speaker is mounted close to the top of the torso so that the robot’s speech would be loud enough. We might drill holes on the shoulder of the robot later to make sure that the speech comes out clear enough.
