the real robocop: ex-policeman builds robot from household goods - household electrical appliances

(CNN)--
Take a pair of hi-
The Fi speakers, an old radio, several DVD players, and countless other household appliances all have some originality, what will you get?
If you're an ex-boyfriend, Mark Goodall
The police turned into a robot maker, and you got the hex. -
4 feet, three
Humanoid robot in inches high.
"Frankly, I think it's a very big toy.
"I think this mindset has helped me with the construction because it is such a difficult task," Haygood said . ".
During the four years of production, he said, it was both an art project and an engineering feat that required visualization of various body parts.
"The legs are made of outdoor speakers ---
Very beautiful.
His shoulder was made of a fan and his forearm was made of electric tools.
The chest and back are made from the child's riding toy, and his head is a clock radio.
I also hired a 3-
Using the combination of Inmoov open-D printer for hand
SOURCE Design and my own artistic expression, "49-year-
The old man in Baltimore explained.
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This is a very complex building but I love this machine and I am eager to build another one. "The self-
Professor robotics experts took inspiration from Honda's ASIMO robot and from the University of Dreiser's HUBO, and spoke in his local hacker space.
Assembling HEX costs well-known arms and legs-
Haygood said: "Tens of thousands of dollars-
And use the Zigbee USB dongle connected to the laptop for remote control.
"He can not support it, but it is not completely stable ---
Currently, I have minor issues with joint compliance.
But his hands are fully functional, his legs are fully functional, and he has 23 degrees of freedom.
"This is quite different from the life of Haygood as a police officer before ---
After more than 20 years at the Baltimore police station, he retired in 2006.
"I really like to be a policeman. . .
I want to go out and lock the bad guys up. that's what I do.
But the police have full control over your life.
"That's one of the reasons I came out," he said . ".
Three years later, the death of his father prompted Haygood to return.
Evaluate his life and look for a new path and he is back to the old passion.
READ: The world's first Braille smartphone being developed "I grew up in Baltimore and my mother buys toy robots for me every Christmas ---
The kind of shuffle on the floor, rotating with the lights flashing.
I think they are the most wonderful things on Earth.
"Haygood is not content to play with them and he will separate them and regroup them together in different configurations.
This, he said, numbed the pain of poverty and kept him out of trouble ---
He hopes to stage a trick for a new generation of children.
Haygood has introduced HEX to the robotics club at dunba High School in Baltimore and plans to visit other schools and clubs in the city in the future.
"Due to Baltimore's criminal problems, this is a great opportunity to try to take some of the kids from the abyss.
This is my goal.
It is a very good thing to be able to introduce robots to children.
Haygood is launching a Kickstarter campaign to help spread information and costs.
Funds raised will be used to eliminate defects and to document the whole process-
"So every nut, bolt and screw can be seen by anyone," he said . ".
"Now it's full speed for me.
It was a fire trial.
I chose the most difficult thing a person can build, and I learned so much that my brain is now full of energy and ready.
I am excited about the future.