http://www.robocommunity.com?src=forumtopic_rss RoboCommunity - Roboquad Forum Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:39:37 GMT admin@robocommunity.com RoboCommunity 60 http://www.robocommunity.com/brand/robo/community.gif http://www.robocommunity.com?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14586/Problem-with-Roboquad-going-in-1-direction/?src=forumtopic_rss Hi, Stumbled on this board and wondered if anyone here would know the answer. We were given a Roboquad for Xmas last year and at the time it worked perfectly. It has sat in a box for most of the year (in our dining room) (our 2 year old was scared of it and wouldn't go in the same room if it was out) We were trying to play with it at the weekend and it is doing something weird. The start up motion seems to be fine, but when you put it on the floor it just continually tries to move across the floor just using one of its back legs. We could not get it to respond to the remote control. A change of batteries did not seem to do anything. Does anyone have any ideas as to what we can do to fix the problem? Thanks Amy Roboquad Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:39:35 GMT amytiville http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14586/Problem-with-Roboquad-going-in-1-direction/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14507/SkeleQuad-a-RoboQuad-Halloween-Costume/?src=forumtopic_rss A few days before Halloween I saw pet costumes at Walmart. What a silly thing, I thought, until I noticed the stretchy skeleton dog costume would probably fit on a RoboQuad. I did not buy it for the $7 tagged price on October 30th. I bought it a week after Halloween for $1.75. SkeleQuad is ready for next year. I did end up putting it on the RoboQuad backwards. The tail loop is around the neck. And a little video to show SkeleQuad in action. Roboquad Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:57:18 GMT MrScott http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14507/SkeleQuad-a-RoboQuad-Halloween-Costume/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14485/Roboquad-Is-he-getting-too-old/?src=forumtopic_rss Hey guys, I have realized my roboquad does strange things now like funny noises that don't seem right and glitches that are annoying. Here let me list them. Does not get up in stance to wave Freezes during Robodance Makes funny noise during Escape Scan that sometimes sounds like a fax machine and sometimes like a low grumbling. And I do know the normal beeping sound he makes when an object is detected. Don't say it's that. If anyone else has experienced this please let me know. Thanks! Roboquad Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:45:36 GMT Robo, BG http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14485/Roboquad-Is-he-getting-too-old/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14442/Roboquad-Names/?src=forumtopic_rss Hey there! Just so you know, I am a first-time poster. Anyway, I'm getting a Roboquad soon, and I was just wondering if any of you have named your robots. I'm thinking of naming mine "WALL-E". In short: What have you named your robots, and why? Roboquad Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:41:19 GMT RoboquadFanatic http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14442/Roboquad-Names/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14421/Robopanda-Roboquad/?src=forumtopic_rss can robopanda and roboquad interact with eachother? Roboquad Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:20:18 GMT Roboman12 http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14421/Robopanda-Roboquad/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14413/Roboquad-carpet/?src=forumtopic_rss I am going to get a roboquad soon and I was wandering how smoothly and how fast it can walk on carpet? My house is all carpet so i need to make shore. Roboquad Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:10:24 GMT Roboman12 http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14413/Roboquad-carpet/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14408/Adding-extra-MCU-s-and-sensors-to-RQ/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello everyone, I'm new here and just bought a roboquad a few days ago. The first thing I did when I got him was to take him apart and lay out all the pieces to see how everything worked together. Maybe I should have read the instructions instead? Well, here's my interest: I'm in this electronics class and they're having us use some boe-bot kits. I'd rather use RQ. At first I was thinking of trying to hi-jack the lines from the MCU inside RQ but it would be nice to just use the large number of commands available to the IR remote. My problem is that it seems most of the people that mess with RQ either control him from another IR source or add some kind of RF. I'd like to send signals to the IR receive line from an arduino diecimilla board from sparkfun to control my RQ based on other sensors I have mounted onto the little bot. Has anybody had a similar experience? The sensors I have mounted sofar are a wireless camera, parallax ultrasonic range finder, and rfid reader. I'd like to add a tilt compensated compass and ZigBee if I can get him... Roboquad Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:04:21 GMT Matthew http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14408/Adding-extra-MCU-s-and-sensors-to-RQ/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14377/battery-question/?src=forumtopic_rss iam curious if i put 4 lithium C cell batterys in the roboquad and what would it do to its performance would it overheat or get overloaded? here is the batterys im talking about http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3056839&cp=&sr=... its too exspensive for me but iam curious if this would affect it at all. If anybody has ullimited money for projects? maybe a cool idea Roboquad Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:23:05 GMT robofan89 http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14377/battery-question/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14248/any-body-having-probs-with-RQ-s-legs/?src=forumtopic_rss anibodi hving probs whits rq's legs? Roboquad Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:25:46 GMT iquad http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14248/any-body-having-probs-with-RQ-s-legs/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14184/CAN-I-HACK-RQ-S-IR-SCANNER/?src=forumtopic_rss HI!COULD ANYONE TELL ME IF I COULD HACK RQ'S SCANNER??? Roboquad Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:26:16 GMT iquad http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14184/CAN-I-HACK-RQ-S-IR-SCANNER/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14175/The-Roboquad-Experience/?src=forumtopic_rss Hey I love my Roboquad and I was wondering whoever else owns one, how do you like him? Oh and please share all your stories and experiences with the little interactive friend! Roboquad Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:13:29 GMT Robo, BG http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14175/The-Roboquad-Experience/?page=2#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14109/Remote-controller-for-RoboQuad/?src=forumtopic_rss I need to purchase a new remote conroller for my RoboQuad so I thought I would send a note out to this group so see what everyone thought about the comparison between the RoboQuad controller (80391) and the Roboremote 8000. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each controller when used with RoboQuad? While the original controller is good to have, the Roboremote 8000 has software that runs on your computer and you can download commands to the remote controller. So, what does everyone think? Thanks in Advance, cleanfacets Roboquad Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:47:46 GMT cleanfacets http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14109/Remote-controller-for-RoboQuad/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14077/Cool-Programs-To-Use-For-Roboquad-Session-3-Brain-Storming/?src=forumtopic_rss Hey guys. I am sure you have heard of my article cool programs to use for roboquad. If not check out these links. http://www.robocommunity.com/article/12573/Cool-Programs-To-Use-for-Roboquad-... http://www.robocommunity.com/article/12811/Cool-Programs-To-Use-For-Roboquad-... Now I would like some ideas from you guys on what kind of dance I should use. You name it, I will convert it into a roboquad dance. OK? Cool. Lets get started... Roboquad Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:24:32 GMT Robo, BG http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14077/Cool-Programs-To-Use-For-Roboquad-Session-3-Brain-Storming/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14068/Undocumented-Roboquad-IR-commands/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello everyone. I just received my roboquad a few days ago and this weekend I have started playing with it's IR receiver. I was using http://profmason.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/roboquadircodes.txt as a guide to send IR sequences to the robot. Strangely enough I've discovered some IR commands that the roboquad responds to that are not in either the manual or the web page. Has anyone mapped the remaining 180 command sequences and documented what they do if anything? For instance I've found that 0x60b is the command to rotate clockwise for eight steps. The remote produces a rotate clock wise and a rotate clock wise four steps so this seems to be another command. I've found several eight step commands so far which have four step equivalents. If this information is already available would someone point me to it. Otherwise I'll continue on and map the remaining 180 commands and post them on a future date if people are interested. Thanks. Roboquad Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:27:52 GMT 0x436F7279 http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14068/Undocumented-Roboquad-IR-commands/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14032/Any-one-see-these-two-roboquad-like-robots-before/?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.raidentech.com/g-style-g7-robot.html http://www.raidentech.com/blgg7rorecow.html Are these "g-style g7" robots roboquad clones or are they really roboquads with different plastic molding? They certainly look like roboquads, but no mention of Wowwee in either page. Roboquad Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:40:11 GMT 0x436F7279 http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14032/Any-one-see-these-two-roboquad-like-robots-before/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14014/FINALLY-GOT-A-SHARPER-IMAGE-ROBOQUAD/?src=forumtopic_rss Wow........I finally brought a new in box sharper image roboquad on ebay the other day. Finally I have all the roboquads Roboquad Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:43:27 GMT Currahee http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/14014/FINALLY-GOT-A-SHARPER-IMAGE-ROBOQUAD/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13961/getting-a-roboquad/?src=forumtopic_rss i am getting a roboquad in a few days in perfect condision and perfect box Roboquad Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:45:53 GMT sammy http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13961/getting-a-roboquad/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13927/What-Do-I-Do-With-This-Thing/?src=forumtopic_rss Hey everybody. I just bought a roboquad the other day at toys r us for $40 on a whim. From what the salesman told me, it can walk around my apartment, while learning from it's experiences here. I don't really know anything about robotics, and i am just wondering if anyone can tell me some of the cool stuff this thing can do; tricks or tips. Do I need to program all the actions the robot does, or is it capable of doing enough things on it's own to keep me playing with it? I'd appreciate any info you guys could give a total novice. Thanks. - Beeferoni Roboquad Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:56:32 GMT Beeferoni http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13927/What-Do-I-Do-With-This-Thing/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13904/Picked-up-a-roboquad-and-I-am-starting-my-first-hack./?src=forumtopic_rss I'll be honest, at first, I didnt get the whole hacking robot thing. It didnt make sence, it seemed like someone would rip it open and cry to other people when it didnt work. I think some of the people on evosapien might remember me. I have the robosapien, the V2, the Media, The rapter, 3 dragonflies, and a bladestar. I just got a roboquad from Big Lots for 35 bucks. I noticed that one of the LED's are not working. Im gonna open it and Ill stick a new LED in there but because the look of the discovery version of the roboquad is so cool, I wanted to make sure the LED's were cool with it. So I am just going to put blues, yellows and Ill keep 2 greens in the roboquad so whenever it does it's dance, it will have a full light show effect. Then I thought to myself, why stop there when I already have the head open? I decided to put in a small camera into it, it is a wireless camera that connects to a 9 volt battery, I was going to have the camera somewhere IN the head. I am not... Roboquad Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:56:33 GMT Billboard http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13904/Picked-up-a-roboquad-and-I-am-starting-my-first-hack./#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13889/One-way-to-make-roboquad-roam-longer/?src=forumtopic_rss I've found that since you can't program autonomy, just program the escape scan as many times as possible! I also have some technical questions and possible problems with mine. When he walks forward, is each leg supposed to lift off the ground? Mine doesn't. Even on full battery he doesn't. How fast is he supposed to walk? Could you give me a link? Thanks! Roboquad Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:22:43 GMT J. T. http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/13889/One-way-to-make-roboquad-roam-longer/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss