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== Abbott Design page == | |||
Abbott is a web-controlled, articulated octopus that responds expressively to emojis in a zoom chat. It is named in honor of one of the tentacled aliens in Arrival. | |||
This is a design page for the general conceptualizing/exploring of possible mechanisms/designs for Abbott. Please feel free to edit, nothing is set in stone. Any trouble with the wiki (it's new and has not been put through its paces), please write alex@alexhornstein.com / 401.688.0489 and I'll fix it ASAP. | |||
=== Distributed prototyping philosophy === | |||
The idea here is to have people in different locations collaboratively develop hardware approaching the speed of software. The things which enable this are: | |||
* everyone has a minimal, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E2dhqLpAWhcRfN7Ml61jg7elpqfRhyic0ex8C5cSnjs/edit?usp=sharing common set of materials] | |||
* all developers can access a 3D printer | |||
* the parts are designed with the constraints that you can make them work with the common materials | |||
* All developers working on this get a complete, working thing when they're done* | |||
* | |||
I put a bit of thought into a bill of materials, trying to keep it as cheap and as complete as possible. Take a look at the spreadsheet below and let me know what you think. Some elaboration | |||
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E2dhqLpAWhcRfN7Ml61jg7elpqfRhyic0ex8C5cSnjs/edit?usp=sharing Common Bill of Materials (for rapid MVP prototyping in different places)] | |||
=== Eyes === | |||
I think it would be good to have expressive LCD eyes. | |||
There are some round LCD screens with SPI interfaces that seem to have good pi support, and then there are some with built-in ESP32s with wifi support. | |||
[[File:Eyes.jpg|thumb]] | |||
Revision as of 15:11, 31 March 2026
Abbott Design page
Abbott is a web-controlled, articulated octopus that responds expressively to emojis in a zoom chat. It is named in honor of one of the tentacled aliens in Arrival.
This is a design page for the general conceptualizing/exploring of possible mechanisms/designs for Abbott. Please feel free to edit, nothing is set in stone. Any trouble with the wiki (it's new and has not been put through its paces), please write alex@alexhornstein.com / 401.688.0489 and I'll fix it ASAP.
Distributed prototyping philosophy
The idea here is to have people in different locations collaboratively develop hardware approaching the speed of software. The things which enable this are:
- everyone has a minimal, common set of materials
- all developers can access a 3D printer
- the parts are designed with the constraints that you can make them work with the common materials
- All developers working on this get a complete, working thing when they're done*
I put a bit of thought into a bill of materials, trying to keep it as cheap and as complete as possible. Take a look at the spreadsheet below and let me know what you think. Some elaboration
Common Bill of Materials (for rapid MVP prototyping in different places)
Eyes
I think it would be good to have expressive LCD eyes.
There are some round LCD screens with SPI interfaces that seem to have good pi support, and then there are some with built-in ESP32s with wifi support.
