http://www.robosapien1.com robosapien hacking news, mods, and developer information Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:25:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m very late to tell, but don’t miss Knitsu’s evosapien site. It’s full of robosapien hacking goodness, and plenty of pics of the upcoming roboraptor. As usual, Knitsu has been busy - “my latest mod.. Communicating Robosapien with a BX-24 Microcontroller, and also the Robodyssey “hack-a-toy” RAMB board, which alows ... http://www.robosapien1.com/2005/06/31/ Microbi wrote me with some news about his mod site. He’s been busy with a ton of completed projects. Have a look at the laser-sapien, damn cool looking.. Check out his gallery of images - some nice stuff there. Also he’s got a gallery of BEAM bots, you know I love ... http://www.robosapien1.com/2005/06/microbis-robosapien-mods/ Robosapien.tk’s first published mod - The Radiosapien. It’s a wireless RF “backpack” that connects via USB to the main body. With the mod fitted, the Robosapien can play custom audio all via RF. Check out the sweet yellow paintjob and the re-usable USB port. Very nice! http://www.robosapien1.com/2004/10/radiosapien-audio-mod/ I’ve started to compile a list of Robosapien builders with active mods and hacks. I’ve tried to post builder sites that show ongoing development and/or photologs of Robosapien projects. The list is in no way complete, so please let me know if I’ve missed you out. http://www.robosapien1.com/2004/10/robosapien-builders-list/ Using a single variable resistor, attach a volume control to keep Robosapien silent in the midnight hours.. This Robosapien volume mod is fully illustrated and commented. http://www.robosapien1.com/2004/10/robosapien-volume-mod/ You only have a few weeks left to submit your modified Robosapien to Servo magazine’s Hack-A-Sapien Contest. First prize is $500 and bragging rights. Can anyone beat Freiburg University’s Power-PC enabled bot with programmable C++ API? With the amount of new mods out there, this is bound to be very interesting to ... http://www.robosapien1.com/2004/10/hack-a-sapien-contest-4-weeks-left/