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RoboPhilo • RoboPhilo -- Not Working with Remote in Key Commands 0 - 99

2014-10-15T08:26:54+01:00

Hi,
I need some help for my Robophilo Humanoid.
1.In the Remote, 0 - 99 two digits Key Commands is not Working. There is no response from the Robophilo, While Pressing the 0-99 two digits Keys. When I am pressing any other Remote keys at the same time it is Working. How to Rectify the Problem?
2.In the Remote, Front Down Arrow Key and Back DN Key is not Working. There is no response from the Robophilo While Pressing the Down Arrows of Front and Back Keys.
Kindly give me some solution for the problem.

Thank You!
Gokila

Statistics: Posted by Gokila — Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:26 am

RoboPhilo • Help connecting to Robophilo

2013-07-30T03:17:23+01:00

I am building a Robophilo Kit. I am at the stage where I need to make connection to the robot with a PC. I have taked the following steps:

Copied the RoboPhilo CD to my hard disk
Ran dotnetfx amnd installed .net 2.0 from MS
Ran vcredist_x86 to install Visual C++ 2005 SP1
Connected serial cable to a usb port with the cable provided
I can run the Philo program
I can select a COM port. I can verify that a new COM port # appears when I connect, and I select that port #
I can enter the philo-motion file and it is accepted and after a little bit I get an OK that it is loaded

At this point when I go to the fine tuning tab, I can enter position values for the servos, but nothing happens...

Any advice for how to troubleshoot this situation would be most appreciated.

Thank you!

Paul

Statistics: Posted by apa robotos — Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:17 am

RoboPhilo •

2013-06-30T19:01:26+01:00

Can you make a video of the robot, just to see if everything works ok?

Statistics: Posted by TheDeadLives — Sun Jun 30, 2013 7:01 pm

RoboPhilo •

2013-06-12T21:30:30+01:00

See pm

Statistics: Posted by TheDeadLives — Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:30 pm

RoboPhilo •

2013-06-10T03:09:31+01:00

I think that the RoboPhilo is about 3 years old. I got him from someone else and he wasn't working well. So about 1.5 years or so ago I sent him to Robo Brothers for a tuneup and repair. I haven't used him much since then. I am assured by Robo Brothers that he is in perfect trim. I have an extra controller board to go with it as well as all the cables. I didn't get a power supply with it, so I don't have one to sell with it - I always charged the battery on my multi-charger. All for $100 plush shipping.

Here are a couple of pictures. At least I HOPE here are a couple of pictures. If not, follow these links:

http://www.techtoystoday.com/RoboPhilo/IMG_6883.JPG
http://www.techtoystoday.com/RoboPhilo/IMG_6884.JPG

DLC

Statistics: Posted by dlc — Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:09 am

RoboPhilo •

2013-06-09T12:30:07+01:00

Can you post some photos?? What is the usage? How old is the robophilo? Etc

Statistics: Posted by TheDeadLives — Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:30 pm

RoboPhilo • Re: Looking for RoboPhilo

2013-06-08T18:23:39+01:00

Andi wrote:
Hi All,

does anybody have his RoboPhilo for sale?

Best wishes

Andi

Yes.
http://robosavvy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9459

DLC

Statistics: Posted by dlc — Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:23 pm

RoboPhilo • Selling Robophilo

2013-06-06T06:29:42+01:00

Hey all,

I need to reduce my robot collection (soon they will be crowding me out of the lab). So, I'm selling my Philo. It has been tuned at the "factory" and is fully built with a spare controller.

Cost: $100 plus shipping. First offer takes it! (USA only as international would be rather pricey to ship I think.) Payable via PayPal.

regards,
DLC

Statistics: Posted by dlc — Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:29 am

RoboPhilo • Looking for RoboPhilo

2012-12-25T15:20:53+01:00

Hi All,

does anybody have his RoboPhilo for sale?

Best wishes

Andi

Statistics: Posted by Andi — Tue Dec 25, 2012 3:20 pm

RoboPhilo •

2012-09-12T09:03:18+01:00

I simply could not find any others that were humanoids, i could only find the little sumo one and they are not what i am looking for.

I shall check out your sugestions thankyou

Statistics: Posted by JustAverageMax — Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:03 am

RoboPhilo •

2012-09-12T08:55:16+01:00

Not recommended because there is not much support or upgrade path to this robot. Why of all options did you sway towards RoboPhilo ?

Recommendation: Bioloid or RoboBuilder

Statistics: Posted by limor — Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:55 am

RoboPhilo • Is this a suitable Starter Robot?

2012-09-12T08:47:59+01:00

I am about to begin my adventure into the Robot and Humanoid world but i need to find a suitable starter Robot and i saw this one and it looks fairly good.
If this is not a suitable starter , what is? thankyou.

Statistics: Posted by JustAverageMax — Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:47 am

RoboPhilo •

2012-05-04T18:45:22+01:00

What made you decide to add an arduino over buying the SDK? Are you more familiar with the Arduino language than C/C++?

I think it's a great idea that you came up with. Do you have a parts list of what you used anywheres?

Statistics: Posted by allanonmage — Fri May 04, 2012 6:45 pm

RoboPhilo •

2012-05-04T15:53:22+01:00

I came across this page:
http://buildsmartrobots.ning.com/pro...ed-building-my

It seems that he had some trouble with the board as well, but eventually circumnavigated the problem by using a Lynxmotion SSC-32 (http://www.lynxmotion.com/p-395-ssc-...ontroller.aspx) via http://buildsmartrobots.ning.com/pro...lo-build-day-3 . I don't know enough to know if that is programmable though, or a good fit for me.

Statistics: Posted by allanonmage — Fri May 04, 2012 3:53 pm

RoboPhilo •

2012-05-04T15:06:11+01:00

It's now been almost a year with no progress made on my case.

I created a video rant on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbITRS6q94E

I purchased a Robophilo kit version about a year ago. There are a few steps in getting the kit to completion:
1. Physically assemble the robot.
2. Coarse tune the servos (by eyeballing & adjusting the joints).
3. Fine tune the servos via software
4. Load the config file created in step #4
5. Route wires, add armor/covers, add battery compartment
6. Ready to go
7. Add rf controller
8. Mess around with SDK, develop custom hardware and/or software

I'm currently stuck at step 4. For whatever reason, the mechanism to send the file involves interrupting the normal boot order and I'm not able to successfully interrupt the normal boot order and put it into the appropriate mode to be ready to receive the file. Direct control of the servos does work though, that's how I was able to fine tune it.

I've been in contact with Robophilo/RoboBrothers/Airborne Models in an attempt to get technical support, and they have not been successful in helping me getting this 'bot going. I was in contact with them within 2 weeks of receiving the 'bot. Since this appeared to be an out of box failure, I requested an advance replacement of the board. They have staunchly refused, insisting that I send it somewhere for them to evaluate it and repair/replace at their option.

I'm not keen on that idea for several reasons:
1. We are having communications issues, never mind the language barrier.
2. They promised me a $20 discount for ordering the whole caboodle: robot kit, extra battery, RF controller, and SDK. They have not delivered on that promise.
3. They want me to send a $120 board somewhere so some random person (or THE engineer, I'm not sure which) can take a look, and at his discretion repair/replace the board. Their "repair" would consist of sending new firmware, something they have thus far not delivered to me so that I could try it here. I've asked several times for the firmware.
4. They have not issued any kind of an RA/RMA number to track the board once it is received. I am concerned that the board will be lost or misplaced and I will wind up having to purchase a new board because they "can't find it". Any time I mention this, they start talking about tracking info from the shipping company prevents a package from being lost.
5. I've been asking for a year for a replacement board.
6. A UK robot shop agrees that the manufacturer should send out a new board in this case, since there were problems from the get-go. (I asked them for guidance or help: they were kind enough to email Robophilo on my behalf).
7. Since I've been having this problem for so long, they might try to pull some kind of a charge once I send the unit it.
8. Related - The batteries I purchased a year ago are likely dead after not being used for almost a year. I'll probably have to fabricate or purchase new ones. That's like salt on a wound at this point.

I've contacted ROBOT and Servo magazines' editors; they didn't seem all that interested in helping me work through this. A writer from ROBOT was doing a special on the Robophilo and promised some help, but when I read the article, there were blatant lies in it (for example none of the software is open source), and I never heard form him again.

I have filed a complaint with the BBB. That hasn't amounted to much either; the same back and forth. I think it's listed as "customer does not accept resolution". I've called a case worker, I think I have to call her again to get her on the phone.

I don't understand the reluctance to send a new board. At this point, the bad publicity and time spent dealing with me has overshadowed the cost of the board. I have contemplated purchasing a new board on my own, but then I might wind up with another dud.

This was my first foray into the robotics field. I've wanted to get into robotics since I was a little kid. My second project was an R/C lawnmower. It's up and running and I'm designing new safety systems for it. Once the safety systems are up and running, I'll be creating a mobile phone app to control is with my phone instead of by RF. My point isn't to gloat but to show I'm not a n00b looking for haxors with the kit.

I just want a new board. I don't understand why RoboBrothers doesn't stand behind their product. I don't understand this customer "service".

Statistics: Posted by allanonmage — Fri May 04, 2012 3:06 pm