Youve got your hands full. You could use servos to move it, theyre cheap. But how two control them with a cpu i dont know. Are you an engineer, cause if not you might need to be to do this mod. :lol:
-Maestro

ive been looking at servos from phidgetsusa and servocity, and they both offer servo controllers that hook up through usb, but phidgets are meant for windows, phidgetsusa says that theyre not for linux, and doesnt even mention mac at all, so i might need to get some servo controllers elsewhere.

Post edited by: oojacoboo, at: 2005/01/16 04:21

im betting that you are going to have a bit of difficulty finding some for the mac platform. But I could be wrong.

Hey oojacoboo,

If I could only see any shots of the Bluetooth Robot, I would believe that you did make it.

Here are a few ideas for making any kind of robot, and any means of connecting to a computer:

- You could make a robot that runs off of the BASIC programming language, even if it is done from REALBasic or Visual Basic.

- The main operating system could be that from the original Macintosh, and maybe the same hardware, too.

- Make it powered from ADB, PS/2, or RJ-45, (you know, Ethernet).

And a name that runs off of an RJ-45 cable could be called "EtherBot"

Just a few thoughts.
maclover1986

P.S.: Grrrr, I hate it when I'm typing and I accidentally activate Exposé. ;-)

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000857026738/ < - Bluetooth Robot Article

A while back, the people at MacAddict made (or attempted to make) a robot using an iBook. I think they controlled it remotely through Airport. I think they had a servo controlling a camera, but they may have scrapped that idea. Either way, the iBorg was a terrible failure, and is nowhere to be found on the MacAddict site except for one vague mention on the forum. Unfortunately, I no longer have the issues that cover that project, but I'll look to see if they put anything on the CDs that I still have.

why can't you get the servos from servocity and run guest pc or virtrual pc to control them?