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 Twitchie!
Twitchie is an open source multi-purpose robot. It has the capacity
to frighten and scare, but also the power to love and care! It's a
regular pathos-o-matic! Grown men scream! Maternal instincts long
dormant, suddenly activated! It's a robot unlike any other, and you can
make one.
This page is the place to get all of the plans you need to make your
own. Alternatively, you can buy a complete kit from makezine.com.
Questions? Need help? Email
me.
Here, here and here
are some youtube videos that show twitchies in
action.
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Downloads
Source Code:
Stock
version
Variation1
Variation2
Variation3
CAD Files: PCB
Schematic
Wooden
Parts
Manual:
Page1
Page2
Instructional Video: part1 part2 part3
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Overview:
The
fuzzy robots pictured on this page are all built on the same basic kit.
Included are laser
cut wooden parts that can be assembled in several different
configurations. The parts are designed to make it easy to use glue and
other craft supplies to attach cloth, fur, buttons, string, doll parts,
and all kinds of stuff. There are endless ways to dress them up!
The circuit board is based on the Arduino
project, and shows up as a Lillypad in the Arduino programming
environment. The cpu is an ATMEGA168. This means that changing the
firmware is relatively easy and cheap. There is also a six pin ICSP
header for an AVRISP
if you are more advanced and can go without a bootloader. As an added
bonus, the Twitchie circuit board can be configured to fit easily into
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For $99, the kit consists of:
- 3 Servos
- 6 Laser cut wooden parts
- 1 circuit board
- 1 ATMEGA168 preloaded with Lillypad firmware and Twitchie
software
- 1 set of various electronic parts such as LEDs, capacitors
and resistors
- 1 printed manual
Again, if you need help email
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