FIDO Mans Best Cyberfriend

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FIDOMans Best Cyber-friend

• By Kevin Byrd
• EEL 5666
• Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory

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MEET FIDO

• Fido is the next generation in household pets.
  He is a versatile cyber-pet that can be
  programmed and reprogrammed to custom match the
  personality and desires of its new owner. Fido
  can learn and adapt to its environment, display
  emotion and loyalty to its owner. Fido can
  GROW with its owner into a lifelong upgradable
  friend. Now we enter a world where pets can be
  ordered from the internet to precise
  specifications or chosen with random
  personalities for that surprise new pal. Say
  hello to your newest cyber-friend.

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ANATOMY

• EVBU board and ME11
• 6061 T6 aluminum platform
• Fully functioning robotic jaw and neck
• 2 hub assemblies for drive motors
• 2 servos for head and neck manipulation
• 5 IR sensors for object detection and recognition
• Battery pack

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Mechanically sound and dependable construction
• Object manipulation via robotic neck and jaw
• IR detection and obstacle avoidance
• Ability for object recognition
• Beginning behaviors

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FUTURE WORK

• Learning to
• Eat
• Distinguish objects
• Play- find and fetch objects
• Behavior
• Random
• Environmentally dependent
• Attitude
• Affection/loyalty
• Adding more sensors to achieve more intelligence
• Mercury switches
• Sonar
• Voice and sound recognition