[sudo-discuss] robot revealation

[Jake]

http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/trip_over_cables.png

okay so we really really almost got the robot working tonight

we replaced the memory battery, and temporarily disconnected the other 
memory battery and then initialized its brains..

and now it seems ready to turn on and move!  but when you press SERVO ON 
it tries to turn on the motors, and then says there's an error.

I think it's because we don't have three-phase power for it.  But i 
believe we can simulate the signal of a third phase for the circuitry, so 
that it will think that everything is OK, and then it will act normally.

in the meantime, i discovered a treasure trove of documentation.  If you 
were asking before how to operate this thing (once it's functional) here's 
the answer:  read these PDFs.

http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/

-jake