I would start working on some bug robots with 6 legs that can turn go forward backward. Respond to walls and sound. Can react to color. I would even see if it could walk up an inclined plane and possibly stairs.

I'd use the RS Media as a starting point, as a multi-media approach is essential - it just needs a net-connection too.

 It must walk way better though, and be a lot quieter, too.  And the controller should be replaced with a cell-phone-like handset, making text-messaging the main means of communicating with the robot.  ('Driving' the robot is just plain daft.  They are NOT a radio-controlled car, but an automous thing.)

 And it should have a recharging unit it can find itself, and not just to dock and recharge, but to dock and replace it's batteries, so it's not imobile for X hours out of X hours.

An RSMedia torso on a rovio style base would pique my interest.

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True, it does however have a net connection, and a navigation system that allows it to locate its base station. The walking part would be why I said combining it with the RS Media.

Changing its own batteries would be problematic for a variety of reasons.

Nocturnal said: IF you could lick the problems associated with this, running the batteries down faster than you can charge them isn't really an issue, you just have multiple battery packs.

I wondered about multiple battery packs, but would't it require them all to be charging at once?  Otherwise you'd just have a stack of flat batteries with only one pack of them being charged at any one time.

 As to licking the problems of swapping them, you've plenty of power at the wall to  power the mecanical side of things.  The robot itself could be switched off while it's happening, with the dock doing the actual swapping.

I like this idea of self replacing battries docking station thing. Another thing I'll have to think about. Hmmmmmm

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!

lol 4mem8,
how about running a bot with a 2 battery pack setup only using one, when the bot needs more power have it go to recharge base. once there the base will switch the old battery out install the new one as a reserve. but once the bot comes to the base have it logicly switch power supplies before the dead battery is pulled. use the old style layout of the camrecorders battery that are pushed in to release the battery so the base can just grab it and swapp it it out. I have the picture in my head on how this is done but hard to explain it. Maybe down the line I'll make such a base.

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!

Back to the topic, I would have an alien life form "Yes the little gray men with big black eyes" that would only have the bust and arms, Using the A.L.I.C.E protocal program that learns and have a camera in both eyes to track it enviroment and Identify you and other people and things with a life like voice and emotions, but make it a little qurkey and fun to interact with..

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!

once we finnish our projects, we can start that one... how about it 4mem8

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!

great we'll work out the details later after atleast one project is finnished.

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!

Does anyone know anything about the wiring diagram on a wow wee elvis. I own a restaurant in Texas I have a theater booth with elvis inside (looks quite good actually) the only problem is the energy saving mode - he keeps going off if I do not hit the remote (which I do not have time for) any help would be helpful to disarm this feature.

Correction 4mem8, Elvis has already been created it is the Elvinator. hehe I know its a typo,lol Just had to put that one in. I left a message for him on another thread "will anyone buy an Elvis" he posted this same question twice so I not going to repeat my repeat my repeat my self........

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!