We all need one of these cheerful robots.
MAKE ROBOTS NOT WAR.
DRAGONAUT AND COMMANDER’S TRUCK
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for a long time, science fictions associate robots with war, they are the weapons of massive destruction. This is not true, look at the world we’re living in right now, we are more lethal than those fictional robots. Actually, we are like robots made of more advanced technology and complex systems, however, easily corrupted through the influence of money and power. We often cover our selfish scams with sugar-coated moral values. We are too complicated to understand either scientifically or philosophically. On the other hand, a cybernetic robot is much easier to understand. They are simple, do one thing at a time and never complicate things. Robots can be romantic, robots can be more loyal than the dog next door, robots can even vacuum the floor on a set schedule, all they ask for is a wall plug or a few charged 9V batteries. Facing such a simple machine, it makes us simple too, less defense and calculation, more love and secure. Let’s make robots not war!
Dragonaut is a cheerful robot who shows up when the earth is in danger when our hearts are in need of love. It interacts with the commander’s truck using a light beam that is not at all visible to human eyes. When there is a cheer need to be made, the commander will send out an SOS signal from his truck to Dragonaut. Then Dragonaut will rise his arms and light up a cheerful pattern. “…..Aaa…aWwweee…SoOMMEee…” Dragonaut and Commander’s truck is sold separately. Batteries are not included. Buying Dragonaut and Commander’s truck will improve your faction with the International student community.
I won’t be adding captions to each picture below because I like the way they connecting each other. The robot was built on one of the two boxes made by Jennifer Taclas. When I saw the box, I instantly visualized the original Dragonaut so I spent a weekend building the robot from scratch. Originally, Dragonaut is supposed to be this ghetto hoodie robot with a little bit of attitude. When half way through, I found the head looks extremely boring, so I looked into the scraps and found the leftover cut-out from his thumbs. I put them on his head and they look nice. I love this kind of coincidence.
An iteration was made to the door in the back of Dragonaut that encloses all the electronics in his body. The door is worn off not long after I put in the Arduino board. I look at the broken door and I think this robot needs a new jet pack. (It can be seen on the first few pictures.)
Commander’s truck didn’t come in mind till later in the production. It was built on an IR transceiver Arduino module I put together early in the semester. It communicates with Dragonaut just like those robot drivers’ vehicles in any robot cartoon (Gigantor 28, Power Ranger, Remote Control Dandy, … etc.)
Dragonaut’s best friend (remote controller). Commander’s Truck is a 2-piece cardboard truck to host the IR transmitter and Arduino board. When a designer friend is in need of cheering, simply press one of the buttons on top of the truck, Dragonaut will be right there and say the delightful cheers.
Papercraft Motorized Robot (Makezine.com)
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