the current equipment/resource

Raspberry Pi (Model B) - http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=43W5302&CMP=KNC-GPLA&mckv=|pcrid|27090039261|plid|
- Bought mine off of Amazon

Raspberry Pi Cobbler (breakout board) - http://www.adafruit.com/products/914
- Came with the pin connectors

Typical Breadboard

Edimax USB Wireless Adapter - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315091&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Wireless+Adapters-_-N82E16833315091&gclid=CKncq-3ko7kCFQ6f4Aod_jEAig
- Had this previously, I believe purchased out of a whim (probably some Woot sale)

Logitech K400 Wireless Keyboard with Touch Pad - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126264
- Bought to have a keyboard+mouse solution through one USB slot, but the Raspberry Pi is now set up for SSH, and this has now become more of a remote for the desktop. Besides, the cramped keyboard layout is not the best for coding. Anyways, had no problems functioning with the Raspberry Pi.

Ubuntu Server Hosted by DigitalOcean
- 512 RAM, 20GB SSD server, haven't seen any bad downtime so far.

Additional equipment needs to be purchased for the hardware implementation of the door opener.

Most likely servos.

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playing with servos

some servos that I had ordered were delivered. the instructions suggested another brand/model of servos, but these were a much more economical (cheap). I tried adding them to the hand: I'll have to print the "pulley" pieces that will be attached to the servos. meanwhile, I did somewhat (hackily) got the wrist to work, for now: you keep hearing the "usb plugged out" sound in the background, and that's because the servo was being powered by the arduino. the servo's power draw appears to be causing a shutdown of the device. will need a better power source for the servos. it feels like these pieces that are supposed to be plugged into the servo will have size issues.

dabbling with android

I've been wanting to dabble with Android development recently, and yesterday I realized that there is a Socket.IO client API available for Java/Android. The API is pretty straightforward, so I loaded a test Android project I had made for going through Android basics and connected to the OpenSesame Node server. and it works! I mean, the interface is non-existent and it's really just bare-bones, but having the servo respond through an Android application was pretty refreshing. (the web client and the android client "communicating" with each other--messaging is pretty much for debugging purposes)

chunk update: most parts printed and assembled

currently: stuff that happened are: wired the fingers added screws to necessary assemblies witnessed first failed print during this: servos haven't come yet, but once they do, we can start installing them into the hand/forearm. as always, credit to the Inmoov project.

the quest for robots

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