To view the documentation process step by step click the links above. Step by Step Tutorial on Instructables

For a photo gallery:

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/erobot/Chives Reloaded/Completed/

Any improvements that will be made to Chives after this tutorial is published ( as well as the original tutorial) is available on my personal robotics website : eRobots.BlogSpot.com

I made my first version of my butler robot ( which I call Chives) about a year back(2007). This year I plan to improve him and heavily document the building process.

The old chives robot looked like this


It boasted voice commands, remote web control , web cam used in image processing , arm to pour a drink ( not pictured since its already taken apart for the new design), and manual drive with a joystick. Oh yeah , and a minifridge that kept drinks cool .

The new version of Chives which is in this tutorial , will be 100 times better . I'm planning for HUGE advancements, I'm talking about more sonar sensors, three microphones to track direction of sound, better robotic arm for pouring , cooler design, and anything else that you guys suggest that is feasible. All of this in addition to the old features.

It will follow that design , and that after I have that basic design all finished I will attach my robot arm , some sensors, etc. So when its done it will resemble that CAD .

So here is the final functions of Chives:

1. Voice Commands for weather, time, and temperature

2. Pour a drink bottle into a cup

3. Manual control with a joystick

4. Cool soda cans in a mini fridge

5. Face recognition and greet people by their names

6. Follow a person wearing a certain color shirt

7. Avoid obstacles

8. Automatically dock to a charger

9. Wireless control over the internet