now, i think I will write my blog in english, so that more people can understand.
If i have enough time, i will translate the first posts.
As a summary, I'm developing a embedded software for a robot, + an interface. The embedded software runs under RT Linux, Xenomai. And the interface is written in Java, for portability.
Both communicate with sockets. The photos you can see on the previous post represent my "robot". In fact, it can only move the head. I already tried to build a more complete robot, but it is too complicated, and I have no time. The most important for me is the software and the interface.
My goal is to create a new project about robotics. In fact, It's not only robotics, it's also domotic, but both are quite linked. My idea is to create a kind of interface between us and ...technology. I know that the idea already exists. You can look for papero on the web, I got inspiration from this robot. Nevertheless, papero has a constant architecture, and is VERY expensive. But i think the idea is very interesting...
I build a robot like papero, because it was easy to do so, but I think the most important think is to create a common software for lots of different types of robots, and "patches" for specific use.
I fact, I also wanted to build this robot for a educational purpose, because I want to experiment with algorithms, especially vision-based algos.
I recently moved to Japan, so i had no time for developing, but now, I'm re-starting the project.
I choose Java for portability, because if people are interested in this kind of project, it's easier to share code source with java.
Now, I can't use my board, because i need a power supply, and there is none here...So i'm trying to improve the interface.
The two last steps were to create an alarm clock and a .ics reader for setting alarms when needed.
The phot represents the software, connected to the embedded program (which captures video flow, and process it + send it to the interface if needed)
(The resolution is quite low, because I have some display problems linked to my real-time kernel, because i build it for my former PC...)
If you are interested in this project, or even in only one of its aspect, contact me, i would be pleased to answer U.
