J.A.K.E. ( Just Another Kind Engineering ) |
Front Panel - Click to enlarge |
Rear Panel |
Clone Armaroid Arm - Click to enlarge |
Driving Base |
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Circuit Board Assembly |
Circuit Board Assembly |
Circuit Board Assembly |
Circuit Board Assembly |
Circuit Board Assembly |
Circuit Board Assembly |
J.A.K.E.
1982 - (Just Another Kind of Engineering) was developed as a means
of learning the 1980’s technologies. He was an idea of utilizing the latest
available off the shelf products and combining them to produce a functional
robot.
Specifications:
one (1) video camera,
one (1) cordless phone, one (1) portable am/fm radio, one (1) portable
TV, two (2) Clone robot arms and driver cards, one (1) stringy tape deck,
three (3) Sinclair computers, one (1) expanded memory card, one (1) parrot
voice recognizing card, three (3) DC/DC relay card, one (1) ultrasonic
board, one (1) video interface card, three (3) relay banks, one (1) battery
charger, one (1) dual fuse bank, two (2) drive trains, two (2) 12VDC variable
speed two way motors, two (2) drive wheels, two (2) front wheels, one (1)
freewheeling wheel, four (4) bump sensors, one (1) light sensor, two (2)
lights, one (1) led monitor board.
Inputs;
two (2) video input
jacks, two (2) audio input jacks, two (2) voice recognizing input jacks,
two (2) BNC computer input connectors, one (1) control input jack, one
(1) master input charger fuse, two (2) antennas,
Controllers;
Input Pendent Console,
Radio Shack Model III Computer, Telephone with tone input (online), Votrax
Voice Recognizing System (type and talk), Stringy Tape Deck (preprogrammed),
Cassette Tape Deck (preprogrammed).
Languages/ Programming;
Sinclair basic, Sinclair
fourth, Radio Shack Basic, (PTIC - Predefined Tone Identifying Commands)
Functions;
- Robot area:
360 deg., moves forward, reverse, right, left and
stop.
- Arm functions: 5 axes
of revolution, load capacity 10 oz.
- Capabilities: Video,
Audio, Speech Recognizing, Ultrasonic Ranging and Detection, Light Sensor
Detection, Motion Detection, Touch Sensor Detection, Local TV reception,
local AM/FM reception, online telephone connection, teetered cord control,
local and long distance control. local monitoring limited to same room/area
visibility. (online local and long distance monitoring outside visible
area on local telephone lines in 1980's was not yet developed and in use),
tone control only).
Power:
Rechargeable 12VDC Lead
Acid Battery with on board charger. Charger input 120 VAC.
Operation;
"J.A.K.E. ran and performed all
his functions. He did several functions together but with slow response
to commands due to the integration of several different programs on multiple
computers. Quick multiple commands confused him, and had to be reset after
he locked up.
In the past 23 years I have moved
and lost the controllers (You have heard that before), and some of the
information. J.A.K.E. had to compete with my factory built Omnibot, and
two (2) Heathkit® Hero® 1 Robots with remote
control that I had built from scratch.
I still have J.A.K.E. and one
Heathkit® Hero® 1 Robot. I have started work
on reconditioning both of them.
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