Gadgetory

what's up guys Lew here back with another video and today as you can tell I'm out of the usual setting I'm out here in the bigger space because we're looking at a bigger thing now this box is not huge but the thing that came inside of it is it's actually four feet tall his name is mechanoid now this is not for the faint of heart this is for real enthusiasts that want to dig in and build something you can program him to say different things do different movements he can mimic your movements there's an app that allows for you to take it to the next level to take your relationship to the next level he speaks a number of different languages so you can plug them in via USB and pick the language that's right for you you can build him using these components into a number of different things including this little dinosaur here or a little droid that moves around and picks up various object and sometimes he sneaks up on you as well not creepy at all okay a little bit creepy I can't wait so here he is and as you can tell he's made up of a number of different parts and components once he's built there's a number of different ways that you can use it you can interact using these buttons here to put him in a number of different modes this is where you would put a phone for example if you want to use the app and have him mimic your movement in the shoulder here this will pivot a couple ways and in the elbow down below he's actually got wheels so he can move around pretty quickly his head also moves another couple motors here that allow his eyes his head to sort of pivot a couple different ways and on the back this allows you to switch him between robot and drone mode you get the idea as I mentioned you can interact with him a couple of different ways either be a voice for the microphone here these buttons or the app if I launch into this section here you can see there's various controls you can basically just grab hold of these control points like that whoops and have him do something specifically and then it records that as a programmed sequence okay so it's now in motion capture mode there's got me there now I'll do a countdown and then he'll try to mimic my movement see there you go hands up and down all the way down ah he's doing better with me standing that makes sense - arms up and then back down I'm gonna disconnect him from the app and show you what he does in the absence of the app unbox therapy you have him roll up on your friends and say something funny you know where I'm going with that you know I'm going dead tell me a joke forward forward forward forward forward dance high-five hashtag best day ever okay don't go to see yet walk with me so there you have it mechanoid a personal four-foot robot dude this thing is as much about the project and building it building something that actually interacts as it is about the experience of that interaction I don't maybe you're looking for a project to do with your kid and your kid is showing an interest in this kind of you know this kind of project then that that that might make sense for you you know the one thing that we didn't show them jack was him doing the tango with my favorite dance you