http://www.parex.org/weblog/ Welcome to the PAReX weblog en-us mlinnen@cox.net 2003-07-06T22:49:51-07:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000043.html Well the ER1 is very functional from the robotic command center but there are a number of things that just need to be done via an external program. I found this out when I was unable to command the ER1... 43@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-07-06T22:49:51-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000031.html Usefull links for the ER1 Robot ER1 Community Forums ER1 Inventors Tech Support FAQs ER1 News ER1 Diary ER1 Review ER1 Hacking... 31@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-28T13:22:02-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000030.html I thought I would just explain a little bit about the ER1 software so every one can get an idea on how a program is created and the options an ER1 owner has. The most basic concepts of the ER1... 30@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-27T21:31:11-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000012.html The voice recognition software for ER1 works more consistantly if you limit the words it needs to attempt to recognize. The Behavior Settings - Sound - Word Phrase list can be used to add words to limit the recognition too.... 12@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-23T22:31:46-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000011.html I went back to trying this tonight. Look at my first attempt here. This time I had some great success. First I broke up the behaviors into mini programs. The cool thing about one of the new features of the... 11@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-23T21:34:19-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000010.html Here is a list of things that I would like to see added to the ER1. This list contains both hardware and software. Show all used behaviors Show all unused behaviors An articulated camera base. ER1 could use the pan/tilt... 10@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-22T23:13:28-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000009.html Well I set out to create a group of behaviors that would command ER1 to do the fllowing: Listen for "Robot" Listen for "Go" Navigate to a quilt object landmark within 2 feet Turn 180 Navigate to the Base object... 9@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-22T11:17:08-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000008.html Did you know that the ER1 motion commands are disabled when your laptop is charging? I found out after about 30 minutes of troubleshooting my behavior. A message is even displayed in the log telling you this but I did... 8@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-22T11:00:36-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000007.html 6/15/2003 ER1 Does the living room Ok now I wanted to try some navigation by picking an object to navigate to as a landmark. So I took the robot downstairs to my recreation room. I placed the robot in front... 7@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-15T00:08:56-07:00 http://www.parex.org/weblog/archive/000006.html Ok I got the ER1 moving. This was a very simple task. The software makes it very simple to do small tasks without much effort. But as it turns out I am always looking for a way to extend current... 6@http://www.parex.org/weblog/ ER1 2003-06-14T03:14:37-07:00