Space1 Rocket Space Tourism Update

SPACE1 ROCKET SPACE TOURISM UPDATE
Since moving to the USA, work continues on Space1 facilities, ground breaking, the development of a space rocket transport truck, ongoing clearing of trees, and multiple scheduled site surveys of the remote space port for launching rockets.

NASA Associate Field Tech

A grand site survey will take to the sky in a flyby plane to do a human-based photographic survey of the launch facilities. Ground surveys will also be conducted once location maps to find the launching complex are draw up.

The astronaut ejectables concept is further developed. During apogee, an astronaut who is wearing a special suit resembling Iron Man, is ejected to fly back to Earth under his own

Trees for clearing

power, stealth, like a super hero.

Robin birds are being relocated

Five rockets are ongoing with research, development, constructing and testing, with 15 powerful motors standing by for selection.

The observatory has several designs and the location is now established.

Research for parts to construct the weather station is ongoing.

The rocket lab is being developed more and more every day.

The robotics lab is growing with parts collected.

The electronics lab will have a large parts order to equip many experiments and construction projects.

The grand science building will be renovated to accommodate the labs.

An advanced aeronautical lab is well under way.

The tool shop is being advanced.

Security measures are taken, purchased and being installed.

New designs on the table include property security fencing.

Gun shield bunkers are being considered.

Studies include local weather and humidity patterns that effect launches.

Space1 Giant Technology Move to USA

SPACE1 GIANT TECHNOLOGY MOVE TO THE USA
Space1 is undergoing a giant technology move into the USA at a new location. This is a massive undertaking, and will include an ambitious plan for the design and construction of the following components at the destination:

Science Building
Rocket Technology Laboratory RTL
Time Machine Development Laboratory
COSMOS ONE Telescope Observatory
Advanced Weather Station AWS
Vehicular Parking Port VPP
Advanced Security System
Space Rocket Hanger 
Containment Field CF 
Personnel Science Office 

Science Building
The new multi-purpose building will be large enough to house primary controls of Space1 operations and additional facilities.

Rocket Technology Laboratory RTL
The new rocket technology laboratory will function as the center of construction to build new rockets and additional inventions. It will include the inventory of rocket parts and supplies, and the necessary tools and materials. This area will be the source of testing and experimenting in various supporting scientific fields

Time Machine Development Laboratory
The Time Machine Development Laboratory will include facilities for the development of new time machines for extending rocket trips. These machines may slow, speed up, and stop time.

COSMOS ONE Telescope Observatory
The high tech COSMOS ONE Telescope Observatory is a technology packed environment consisting of an advanced computerized robotic telescope with advanced GOTO functions and CCD imaging capabilities. Driven and operated by multiple computers, the CTO will supplement the acquisition of data about the sky, celestial events and information leading to the support of Space1 tourism.

Advanced Weather Station AWS
The new advanced weather station will fully support Space1 operations in the determination of atmospheric conditions suitable for rocket launch. It will monitor vital stats and study predictive trends for better assessing rocket launches and testing of spacecraft within the troposphere. The AWS, when combined with the telescope observatory, will become a powerful tool in the prediction and measurement of space weather including planetary systems, solar wind, Earth dynamics, and tropospheric conditions.

Vehicular Parking Port VPP
The VPP Vehicular Parking Port will provide a concrete pad capable of supporting thousands of pounds of weight for parking Space1 vehicles and will provide protection against the elements with a durable weather roof.

Advanced Security System
This advanced security design monitors the property 24/7 with a variety of real time devices and security systems. It includes cameras, motion detectors, warning alarms, connections to internet, auto dialing, remote monitoring, recording and tracking, wireless radio communications, secure and gated fencing, electronic windows, secure lighting, motion activated lighting, secure locking, lock monitoring, primary door monitoring, removal of windows and secondary doors, operations with a 760 computers array, smart devices, actual real time security guards and other systems not revealed.

Space Rocket Hanger
During Winter time schedules, the Space Rocket Hanger (SRH) will provide a place to park, hold, service, and refurbish Space1 vehicles. The RH is established within the new science building. RH is electrically wired for heating and cooling with climate control.

Containment Field CF
The new external containment field is primarily composed of a locking security chain link fence with sensors at the property perimeter and invisible infrared motion detection systems that flood and cover the field. The field is also camera monitored and physically monitored by a real time security guard. The containment is covered by flood lights as well and utilizes wireless radio and electromagnetic radiation flood devices.

Personnel Science Office
The science office is a unique part of the security system and will handle business operations for Space1 and other scientific business related agenda. Equipment is standard per cubical with a computer, printer, fax, copy machine, phone, office desk, lighting, etc.

Index of Space1 Web Pages 
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2015/01/space1-links-in-january-2015.html

Robot Explorer Log 8 Wireless Camera

The complete wireless camera system for Robot Explorer produces the first color image in this setup test at the lab. The completed system will contain the battery supply, camera and transmitter on the robot carriage. The TV and receiver will locate at the base tracking station. The tracking station will include channels for picture and telemetry, along with a sound channel. As seen clockwise, the TV, camera, 1.2 GHz transmitter, battery pack and 1.2 GHz receiver.

A WIRELESS CAMERA SYSTEM
FOR ROBOT EXPLORER - Log 8

Robot Explorer is a new space robot designed under the Big Brain Initiative at Humanoido Labs, to explore new worlds at the outer fringes of the solar system.

One of the most important parts of the robotics system is the wireless camera. The camera will transmit live images from the surface of the planet or moon on its own channel and allow humans to watch as the robot explores a new world.

OVERVIEW
It took three months to design and gather all the parts necessary to build the wireless camera system for the Robot Explorer prototype. This system sends a TV color image by a 1.2 GHz frequency signal up to a long range base station, located up to 1,000 meters (.63 mile) in distance. The signal reaches the receiver, is decoded into the A/V NTSC composite 1V pp format and is fed to the TV's A/V input jack.

Specification page for the SONY CCD

WIRELESS CAMERA SYSTEM
The system consists of a miniature camera, camera image transmitter, camera and transmitter battery power pack, receiver and TV monitor. The TV monitor and receiver are located at the tracking station and the other parts remain within the robot. The modules are made in Taiwan. The units are prewired at the store by the store owner. It's apparent, the harness combines the battery plug with both transmitter and camera. The store owner wired the battery pack, which was purchased from another store, and provided the required power barrel end plug. Purchasing the system at the A/V store provided extra service, i.e. the entire system was wired, set up and tested. The other benefit, this is a take home system with no waiting for shipment for an unknown "working or not working" package that would require some assembly.

POSITIONING
The camera, battery pack, and transmitter are located on the robot. The receiver and TV are located at the tracking and telemetry station.

PURCHASING
The system was purchased locally at the A/V parts store. The owner provided service for putting the system together and testing it. He also wired the battery pack (purchased from another store), provided the power barrel jack, and tested it at no additional charge. Information is gathered from the store owner and a variety of sources.

MEASURING THE TRANSMITTER
The camera 1.2 GHz transmitter was measured with a frequency meter and actual respective channel frequencies were 1080, 1120, 1160 and 1200 Mhz.

COST IN NT$
$1,700 for the camera
$1,200 for the camera transmitter
$1,000 for the receiver
$2,500 for the TV monitor
$432.0 for batteries
$30.00 for the battery holder

Showing the battery pack, CCD camera with adjustable lens and the 1.2GHz transmitter. This is a custom made cable to join the camera and transmitter to a 12-volt battery power suppy.

CAMERA
Image Sensor ⅓” Sony Super HAD CCD (Sony SS11)
Horizontal Resolution 420 TV lines
Medium Resolution
S/N Ratio more than 48dB (AGC off)
Auto backlight compensation
3.6mm Adjustable lens
LUX (.5 LUX @ f/1.2) Color
Effective Pixels NTSC 512(H) x 492(V)
Power Supply DC 12V
Power Draw @ 110 mA
Video Out 1Vp-p  75 ohm
Operating Temperature -10 deg. C to +55
Storage Temp -30 C to +60
Dimension 35mm x 35mm (less swivel base)
Weight 240g
Model (IAS-35XT42) Taiwan
http://www.intex.com.tw/detail.php?PID=52

TRANSMITTER
Frequency 1.2 Ghz (1200 Mhz)
Channels 4 (increments of 40)
Output Power 700mW
Range (1000m line of sight)
Battery 12 volt
Weight
Dimensions

The receiver is part of the base station that feeds live video transmitted from the camera. It feeds the 1.2 GHz signal into a converter resulting in A/V NTSC composite video out. It has a choice of 4 channels using one slide switch. The AV signal can be recorded on a VCR or camcorder with AV input record capability.

RECEIVER
Receiver TR-1500
Power 12Vdc
4 channels
CH1 = 910MHz, CH2 = 980MHz, CH3 = 1010MHz, CH4 = 1040MHz
AV Video Out NTSC 1V pp composite
1.2GHz
Video input : RCA*1 composite video 1 Vp-p, 75Ω
Video output : RCA*1 composite video 1 Vp-p, 75Ω
Audio output : RCA*1
Antenna : Dipole
Operation Temperature : -5degree to 45 degree
Operation Humidity 5% TO 85%
Dimensions : 130mm*80mm*23 mm (without antenna)
Weight : 263 g
Consumption : 12VDC 350mA
Connection : White - Audio, Yellow - Video 

CAVEAT
Even if the cable looks good with shrink wrap covering the connection, it's likely the two wires were only twisted together and not soldered. If an intermittent open connection occurs, it will not be surprising. Just strip the tubing and wiring, add new tubing, solder it together and shrink the tubing.

LINKS
http://www.dronesvision.net/en/wireless-av/44-racewood-900mhz-wireless-av-receiver-vrx-for-fpv-wireless-cctv-cameras-green-label.html

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/cctv-900tr-1500-0-9ghz-a-v-mini-receiver-box-manual-4ch.html

http://www.rc-cam.com/forum/index.php?/topic/3672-comtech-tuner-module-upgrade/

Lock Your Bike - Ebike Security

A keyed Padlock represents one method of locking

HOW SECURE IS YOUR EBIKE?
 
A NEW GUIDE: HOW TO LOCK AND PROTECT YOUR MODERN BIKE

You've spent anywhere from US$1,000 to $5,000 for your electronic motorized bike and now you need to park it somewhere. You park it and lock it, but when you return a few hours later, there's nothing there! Shock & Horror!

http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/02/electric-bike.html

As the numbers of Ebikes increase due to popularity, so does the number of theft incidences. Law enforcement has no solution and often has no emphasis on bike theft crime prevention. What can be done about this concerning problem of theft in society?

A variety of lock choices including DIY chain, padlock, ubolts, steel woven cables

Spend a day researching the challenge of safely locking a bike to deter crime and one will discover that all methods of locking up a bike can be defeated by a professional thief. So what's the answer to preventing bike theft?

THE PLAN
First, you won't need to do 100% of the things to protect your bike. Maybe 90% will do. We'll provide some pattern plans for protection in most situations against the average thief. Nothing is 100% secure, however, by adding 90% protection, the odds of having the bike stolen can be reduced.

DETERMINE BEST TRANSPORTATION MODE
There are times when you will want to forgo the bike and walk to a nearby store, take the MRT to a far away distance, go by train on a trip, go on a family outing by car, or take the bus. Use the bike when the situation is best for the bike. This is when you can keep the bike in your sight, withing hearing distance with a bike alarm, or when the bike will be locked to a solid object and you will be away for a few minutes. You may also use the bike when perhaps the bike will not be parked, as when riding with a friend, or sight seeing.

NEW & UNIQUE BIKE
You may want to buy a new and unique bike which has parts not compatible with other bikes. This will make the bike less desirable for resale. Plus, the resale of such a bike would be an outstanding target.

Woven cable locks the front wheel to chassis or post

BIKE ONLY GOES IN A CIRCLE
No one will ride away with the bike when the front wheel is turned 90-degrees and locked into position. This will cause the bike to go in a circle, if it could move.

PICK UP AND WALK AWAY
There are several locking techniques to perhaps reduce the chances of a bike being stolen, but none of these are 100% safe for the bike. The bike can be protected from an average person picking it up and walking away with it. But the fact of this matter is that a professional thief can use tools to defeat any locking system. However, one can slow down a thief.

A Chinese Ubolt that disassembles

It's not easy to pick up the Ebike and walk very far with it due to its heavy weight. Much of this weight is from the battery. Lead acid batteries will add more weight over Lithium batteries. If the battery is removed to reduce the value of the bike, the bike will be easier to pick up and walk away with it, however, it will also have lower value. Weight is not a 100% deterrent as a thief can drive up his van and simply stow the bike, even with all the locks on. The bike can be chained to metal post or pole but the chain needs to be of tractor strength and this will only slow down the process of defeating the lock.

EYES ON TARGET
The method here is to lock both wheels of the bike outside and keep your eyes on it at all times. How is this possible? A roadside restaurant has windows, for example. Watch for any suspicious activity by your bike, especially someone pretending to talk on a cell phone and standing nearby.

LOCK EVERYTHING
To a thief, every little item represents cash and stripping your bike of anything puts cash in his pocket. A bike seat can easily cost $30 and up, so lock it down. The handlebar set may be a gold mine with a motor throttle, controller, two brake hand calipers, cables, bell, grips, mirror, basket and other accessories. The photo shows how a woven steel cable can be threaded through the seat to lock it down. The other end of the cable threads through the rear wheel. Choose the largest shank that will still fit through the seat's metal anchor. We recommend a keyed locking cable as the combination lock may be the easiest to defeat without any tools.

DO NOT PARK IT AT NIGHT
Parking a bike somewhere overnight gives the thief a longer period of time to make plans on stealing the bike, and the cover of the night to achieve it.

FIND A SECURITY CAMERA
Park your bike directly by the security camera so if the bike is stolen, there will be image records available doing the stealing. 

ROTATE THE PARKING POSITION
Do not lock the bike in the same place all the time. Change locations to prevent thieves from observing and catching on to your routine.

FIND RELIABLE EYES
Become a regular at a local business and ask the workers there to keep a casual eye on your bike whenever it’s locked out front.

KEEP AWAY FROM THE CURB
Protect your bike from street cleaners, buses, and careless drivers by locking it a few feet away from the curb. Position the bike on the sidewalk side of signposts with the wheels parallel to the gutter to avoid bike mangling.

DO NOT PARK IT AT THE STATION
Do not park a bike at the MRT, Subway, Train Station, Bus Station, Museum, Theater, School, or other similar place - it's like a red flag signaling the bike will be available for some time.

USE REMOVABLE ACCESSORIES
You can strip the bike rather than the thief. Most popular accessories are now made for removal. Choose accessories with mounts that allow device removal and stow in your carry-with-you bag.
 

Giant's Ubolt has a bike mount and extra long shank

TAKE THE BATTERY WITH YOU
The battery often costs as much as half the bike cost. It can be removed to lower the value of the bike. It's unlikely a thief will pay an additional $400 to $600 for a battery to make the bike usable. Take it with you - the battery is usually metal peg locked into place when the key is removed. However, the metal peg simply slides into a piece of battery casing plastic, thus negating most of its secure feature. You probably won't want to carry around a lead acid battery. Keep it on the bike to give it massive weight. Based on the weight of batteries, lead acid is so heavy that one would probably not remove it or carry it. A Lithium battery is lighter weight and more practical for the removal and carry approach.

REGISTER YOUR BIKE
The bike register is designed to alert others to a stolen bike and have access to a data base of necessary information to return it to its proper owner.

ENGRAVE YOUR BIKE 
Metal engraving your own name or identification on the underside and painting over it so it's still visible to you, will help you identify your bike should you see it somewhere.

MAKE THE BIKE UNIQUE
Painting a color strip on the bike will make it identifiable and unique. The stripe cannot be easily removed during the time of theft and the bike will likely need a repaint job by the thief, making this is another deterrent.

KEEP IT WITH YOU
Strange as it may seem, it's possible to keep the bike with you in some situations. While shopping at the grocery store, a young man was seen walking through the isles shopping with his bike. As he rolled it along, it looked like a very expensive racer bike, one in which he would not let out of his touch.

EARS ON TARGET - BIKE ALARM
Use a bike alarm. There are several types. One will sound a loud decibel alarm by detecting vibrations. Another type will switch on automatically when the lock has tampering. It is hoped the loud sound will slow down a thief. However, the real use of the alarm is when the bike owner can hear it.

MAKE IT OLD
This is a very popular technique in some areas of China and Taiwan where owners will take a can of flat black spray paint and spot paint the new bike to make it look old and blend it in with other old black bikes. However, the owner of a new bike may be against doing this. There are many debates about this at bike Forums.

RUBBER INNER TUBE IT
You can age a bike by cutting up an old inner tube and wrapping the new bike with it. Secure the tube with plastic ties.

LOCK TYPES
There are numerous locks but can be summarized into three categories.

1) U-Bolt 
2) Chain & Padlock
4) Steel Cable Weave A) Flat Key Lock
B) Round Key Lock
C) Combination Lock 

One of the strongest Chinese Ubolt locks

OPENING LOCKS 
Choose quality locks that are not so easy to defeat. It helps to have a lock that takes longer to defeat. Consult the web for this type of information. It's a little shocking to discover some of these locks sell for $1,000 to $3,000 dollars. In public, probably the thief would find it easier to cut the post or the chain rather than the lock.

SLOWING DOWN A THIEF
A thief can be slowed a bit by locking the bike with several different locks, each having a different locking system. This forces the thief to use and carry more than one tool. It is hoped that the extra work will make the thief pass over the bike.

ULTIMATE GPS SYSTEM
It may be possible to hide a built in GPS tranmitter system and follow your bike should it be stolen. The GPS may be hidden in the seat or stowed in a frame tube.

THE BEST PROTECTION
The best protection is to not leave your bike somewhere accessible to thieves.

LOCKS OFF
Do not lock to hand rails as people with disabilities and the elderly depend on these being non-obstructed. It may be illegal to lock a bike to a parking meter in some locations.

LOCKS ON
Th following may be potential places to anchor a bike:

Bike Rack
High Post
Fence
Sign Post
Tree
Utility Pole  

MODIFY YOUR NUTS
A bike often has its handle bars, brakes, seat and other parts attached with a simple hex nut that any old allen wrench can fit for quick removal. The nuts can be replaced with something like Zorx nuts that require a more exotic wrench to remove. It's more unlikely a thief will carry exotic tools around.

LOCK IT AT HOME
Keep the bike locked in the garage, in your yard, in a storage shed, and in your apartment.

LINKS
HOW TO CHOOSE A LOCK
http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/bike-lock.html
  
TYPICAL EBIKE
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/02/electric-bike.html

HOW TO LOCK YOUR BIKE STRATEGICALLY
http://bicycling.com/blogs/ramblingman/2012/11/14/how-to-lock-your-bike-strategically/ 

THE BICYCLE COALITION
http://www.sfbike.org/?theft_locking

HOW TO LOCK YOUR BIKE
http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Pages/HowtoSecure.aspx

THE PROPER WAY TO LOCK YOUR BICYCLE
http://lifehacker.com/5942301/the-proper-way-to-lock-your-bicycle

OTHER LOCKING SYSTEMS LOCKS AT AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=194614011

http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/sporting-goods/194614011

FOLDING LOCK
http://www.amazon.com/Abus-Bordo-Granit-X-Plus-Foldable/dp/B005F3EPY4/ref=zg_tr_194614011_15

PITLOCK
http://www.pitlock.com/

BLOGS 
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.tw/2012/08/seriously-why-not-just-spell-it-wensday.html

LOCK REVIEWS
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/shopping/2006/04/avoiding_the_bicycle_thief.4.html

http://www.bicyclesource.com/choosing_bike_lock

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/buyers-guide-to-bike-locks-20408/

KRYPTONITE
http://ibookmarkedit.com/kryptonite-black-18mm-new-york-fahgettaboudit-u-lock-997986/ 

WIKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_lock

DIY YOUR OWN LOCK
http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-Easy-Bike-Chain-Lock/ 


(to be continued) 

Robot Fist & Brain Stub

THE 1ST MACHINE ROBOT RED FIST

Rare boxing glove creates 1st robot fist

An interesting take on robot arms is the new Red Robot Fist. The Fist needs only one degree of freedom to activate and carry through its striking potential. It serves as a test for machine output ports and as a machine security device on the latest line of Propeller Super Computing Machines.


SOURCE  The red Fist was purchased at the mystical Night Market of Red China and is a small stitched and padded boxing glove designed to manually strike the body repeatedly to impart enough force to help increase circulation. Such strikers come in all sorts of sizes, shapes and promotions. This one is very interesting, and rather rare among the cache.

MECHANISM  The boxing glove is mounted to a straight wooden arm with a ball mount at both ends. The fist has the most simple actuator using a single servo activated via one Propeller port. Activation temporary moves a catch to release the "spring" cocked fist. The fist then forcefully moves as needed. With two configuration designs, one releases the fist so that it traverses at least a 90-degree arch. The 2nd configuration launches the fist much like a rocket, in a straight line of motion like an arrow, using a launching tube and a compressor spring. This borrows (and adds) some technology from the Big Brain's Micro Space Program. However, instead of using compressed air fuel, the energy comes mechanically from the cocked mechanism and spring. The spring is either a pull spring or a compression spring found in the parts bin.

USES  The Fist is an experimental platform for testing many output ports and pins, and for acting as and testing a new security device. It's a novel approach by concept, as the boxing glove and its softness is a relatively benign system. Though relatively harmless with mild forces, a stronger spring and latch mechanism can indeed pack a wallop!

ROBOTIC BRAINS  Robot brains with arms, fists, fingers, and internal transforming and signaling agents, both electronic and mechanical, are relatively new concepts being explored.

SERVO & PROGRAMMING The servo is a standard Parallax servo with the activating program code taken from the Parallax OBEX. Propeller programming is in SPIN.

PORTING  The device is easily ported from one machine to another and two such devices can make a nice set of arms with a single minded purpose of security.

ORIGINS  The Red FIST has its basis and idea from the Big Brain Stub, designed July 7th, 2011 and as presented here from the original post. seen below..

Designing a Big Robotic Brain Stub
(from July 7th, 2011)
Discovery post
http://forums.parallax.com/showthrea...l=1#post982979

The study and design of Brain Stubs is progressing. The project will also require, in addition to technical merit, some art and imagination. Unfortunately there were no suggestions for the shape of a Brain Stub so the project is progressing slowly. Apparently the right side of the gray matter is mute.

The Investigation
The investigation begins with weight and mass. Since the stub will be servo driven with props, it must not have too much mass. Although Wonder-Board is extremely light weight, it still has mass under consideration and appreciable weight in large sizes at various extended positions.

Determining Mass and weight
Both are determined by shape, and shape must adhere to the requirements set in the previous Brain Stub post. For mass, the formula F = (M)(A) is utilized. The servo has ramping and can therefore control inertia.

Control
Control will be under the Brain Stem as previously planned. This allows many functions of programming for the servo(s).

DOF
Now under consideration are two degrees of freedom but it is not known where these will locate. Enough parts exist to do 2 DOF and this is in compliance with the Brain Stem. The board can immediately handle 2 servos.

Brain Stub Design
This week the trial period was up on the CAD design program. Today, the program was purchased and the Brain Stub design can resume.

Quantity of Stubs
Do we go with a quantity of redundant Octopus-like stubs or could the Brain could get by with one stub? Two stubs open up some possibility of grasping. One stub would be faster, cheaper, lighter, and easier to construct. It would consume less power, and remain easier to program.

Stub Focus
Focus is now on designing the shape of one Brain Stub.

Hardware
The current idea is to use a PING))) kit for the interface connection to a constructed Wonder-Board Giant Brain Arm run by the large servo.

Dimensions
It's possible the Giant Brain Stub Arm could be 4-feet long and 1 or 2 feet in diameter. This is however subjective until the design is more solidified.

Shape
The shape is estimated to be grotesquely large, overbearing, ungainly, shocking, and with an appearance never before seen. It could have a very large hand at the end of the arm. But the hand would not be fully articulated. It must however meet the minimal requirements set forth in the previous Brain Stub post.

Servos
Should these servos mount standard or should they be continuous rotation servos? Maybe one of each - the large had could continuously rotate at the wrist (for some special functions) while the globby arm could dangle in varying degrees at the lumpy shoulder.

Possible Conclusions & Suggestions

• A single Brain Stub
• A blobbed shape never before seen
• Made from manufactured WonderBoard
• Interfaced with Parallax PING)))
• Two degrees of freedom
• Servo driven
• A massively large hand
• Side mounted
• Articulation at the shoulder or elbow
• Articulation at the hand wrist
• Extremely large overall size ~ Four Foot extent
• Grotesquely appearing
• Light weight to minimize inertia
• Programmed/Operated by the Brain Stem
• Employing one continuous rotation servo at the hand wrist
• One standard servo at the shoulder or elbow

LINKS

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?124495-Fill-the-Big-Brain&p=1015760&viewfull=1#post1015760 

QUESTION & ANSWER SECTION (New)

We've opened up a new Question and Answer section that can be applied to posts. Click on contact and send your questions. Negative responses will be rejected. Constructive comments may be included with the project.

The first question comes from nThinker. Q - Can the Red Fist install on the SuperTronic Brain? A - Yes, it can install on most platforms with software for controlling a servo, but is specifically designed for a Propeller chip so it runs well on Supertronic ports or any of the Big Brain series and Propeller projects with an available pin.

Big Brain Air Travel Consolidation

BIG BRAIN EXOSKELETON XRAY
BIG BRAIN PASSED AIRPORT SCANNERS
THESE 20 PPPB'S PASSED AIRPORT SECURITY

BIG BRAIN BEAST
TRAVELS BY AIR FOR CONSOLIDATION

AND FACES AIRPORT SECURITY 

HOW WAS IT ACCOMPLISHED?

Today the Big Propeller Brain successfully completed its final round journey of air travel for the Consolidation Program to reassemble in one location, thereby bringing all modules together for a more powerful living machine.

Your Worst Nightmare? But how do you take the beast from the cradle and pass it through the ultimately tough and sometimes ruthless regime of Airport Security? Just look at one scenario - armed guards with machines guns, vicious attack and "something sniffing" police dogs, impatient wild card people in menacing uniforms making unreasonable judgements with authority to make you bend over backwards, laws not necessarily beneficial to your luggage or the value of your personal effects, and damaging XRAY Radiation machines harmfully accumulative to health. What madness! Even babies can be indited, flight banned and ear tagged as terrorists in a system that readily and easily makes horrendous mistakes that make you the brunt of the consequences.

Wearing white gloves, they reach for ultimate unspoken levels of frisking your body in private places, meanwhile you endure the ultimately high levels of stress that's generated in going through these nightmare check points. In fact, they poke, prod, upset your luggage, go through your underwear, confiscate what they want, and upset you. They invade your privacy, take your photos, make your personal information available, and even take your temperature! They own you and all your personal property and they know there's no timely expeditious alternative to air flight. Your stuck.

To  make matters worse, trying to take something unusual out of or through a Communist Nation can make matters prohibitively complicated and harrowing. Will you be brought up on charges and serve out your life's remainder in confinement waiting for the rope? New Propeller technology, hundreds of processors, thousands of wires, towering electronic microprocessor boards - stuff that looks like a giant big blue bomb, and literally everything that may not be allowed out of the country will make you sweat bullets! It becomes your worst nightmare. 

The BIG BRAIN Exo is capable of dreaming and life
but can it pass the Xray machine at Airport Security?

Air Travel

Air travel is always a concern. Imagine, if you will, the Big Brain with hundreds of processor chips and wire bundles and it's easily to dream up the shape of something not allowed on planes, not to mention the startling image of what appears on the Airport Security luggage Xray machine!

Previously

Last time we shipped the flat Arrays, fully populated solderless breadboards with a massive number of Parallax Propeller chips installed. This core of the Big Brain was challenged by Airport Security and was ported to a special luggage area for inspection and additional Xrays. It took only one word to go through. Read about the process at the Airport Security post.

http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2012/01/big-brain-survives-airport-security.html

New Low Weight Requirements

This time it went smoother than the last time. No questions asked. No special porting over for additional exams. The only confrontation was the overweight situation created by the luggage. New international regulations stipulate no more than 23kg for check through luggage. Considering the added weight of the actual empty luggage, which must be the strong sturdy rigid style to avoid side depressions during handling, it does not leave much weight allowance for the Big Brain, components and its massive power supply.

What went through

This time the Big Brain's EXO and massive power supply was shipped to the Main Lab. The EXO is a towering Exoskeleton with the components mounted on the outside of the structure. This facilitates rapid wiring and changes, and it offers an easy to see working environment. The down side is the wires are exposed on the outside and can easily tear off.

Brain Parts Scattered Across the Universe?

Brain parts were also shipped but not through air travel during the flight due to luggage quantity restrictions. A courier was hired to ship six boxes of parts and components by air freight. Also included were supporting projects, lab equipment, vessels, documentation and peripherals.

Prepping the Brain for Travel

The luggage was first prepared as a bed to hold the EXO. A carpet with rubber backing was placed to line the luggage interior. Fabric was then used to cushion and support the brain on all sides. The fabric, soft cotton material, is capable of compression and absorbing impact without damaging the Brain. It's a good idea to put the heavy weight power supply into matching luggage, locating it at the two luggage La Grange points - this is in the range of the opposite side of each handle. Typically luggage will have one handle at the top and one at the side.

It's Only a Matter of Money

Get out your green stuff, or red matter if you're in China. As they say, it's only a matter of money - you simply supply the airline attendant with the appropriate bargained sum of money and away you go, no further business required.

Frequent Fat Flyer FFF

If you're really fat (lots of overweight luggage) or a Frequent Fat Flyer FFF (fly often with overweight luggage) you may even get a discount.

Consolidation Program

We're really happy the final components of the Big Brain arrived safely at the new laboratory and in the next several months a project will be initiated to reconnect and rewire the Big Brain in a new, even more powerful, configuration with the Consolidation Program.

Definitions

Consolidation Program - a project to bring together all Big Brain components, parts, modules, assemblies, and offspring in one place, and to reassemble with the goal of a more powerful and readily accessed unit.

Links
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Big Brain Survives Airport Security

It took 6 pieces of luggage to ship part of the Big Brain

SURVIVING AIRPORT SECURITY

Airport Security, I'm telling you, it's not a bomb!!!

The Left Brain and the Right Brain sections were taken through airport security yesterday. There was some concern about both sections. The right brain was packaged inside an oversized box and created overweight while not fitting any of the specifications of a carry on item. The left brain looked like a bomb with its Propeller arrays of wired boards!

After some bargaining with airport managers, and the offering of money, the right brain in the oversized and overweight box was allowed on the plane as a carry on. This was good luck and undoubtedly due to to some bargaining finesse, and money. Inside the jet aircraft, the Boeing 747 was retrofitted with some very large overhead luggage compartments and the Big Right Brain box fit in just fine.

Next up, the left brain, which was packed into a large brown taped box, was taken specifically to special airport operations check in which is located at a separate location from regular check through luggage, where it was x-rayed for content. I was worried sick. All those arrays and wires and chips and metal contact points from the many large solderless breadboards would certainly bring forth alarms. Fears being allayed, Airport security simply said "Data?" The reply was "yes." ... and it went through... (Sometimes the more agreeable you can be and the less you say are your greatest assets.)

Upon arrival at destination, the Big Left Brain brown "Data" box promptly appeared on the luggage carrousel, thus alleviating a lot of worry about the safety and transport of the Big Brain. Many of the smaller Big Brain siblings (children) were packed in the standard check through luggage and these went through fine, with no questions asked.