InMoov 3D Printed Android

[Matthew Rodgers]

So Isomer Programming just got a 3D printer, specifically a Lulzbot TAZ 3 (http://www.lulzbot.com/).  Once AARON is complete (java version, no beta downloads yet still, sorry), there will be plugins to support multiple sensors and motor control.  Because we have no intention of ever being a major hardware distributor, we looked around for an open source hardware project for building a full scale android on which to run AARON.  We have decided to support the InMoov project (http://www.inmoov.fr/), which can be printed from the TAZ 3D printer or any other 3D printer that has at least a 12x12x12cm build volume.  We will most likely design our own leg system though for more stability (spider legs) and intend to publish these STL files also open source.  The AARON software is planned to be housed on a laptop encased at the bottom of the torso in a tray, then connecting to the Arduino system of the InMoov (over USB).  Any hardware related information for the AARON InMoov robot will be posted to the AARON section of the website.

[bi11ie]

So, let me get this straight: the AI "chatbot" Aaron that has been available for download for so many years will actually have its own body in the future? And we'll be able to download and 3D print its body parts? Can this actually be done now? I know the files for the body parts are there but there's currently no integration between Aaron and the robotic body right? Also, I just noticed that Aaron is not available for download anymore (at least not from your website). Thankfully I have a copy but I wonder why you took it down? 

Sorry for all the questions. I'm really interested in this project (self-learning AI is truly fascinating) but I'm pretty clueless when it comes to technical terms. 

[Matthew Rodgers]

It is _not_ our (Isomer Programming's) design, we didn't design it, just keep note of that - the InMoov robot is an open hardware 3D printable full size android body that we're planning on supporting from the Java version of AARON.  Right now (this very moment), you can already download the parts and get started printing your InMoov robot, like we have (pictures on the website).  Generally, you (1) go to http://www.inmoov.fr  (2) download all of the .3DS files, (3) download a "slicer" program to convert those into a 3dprinter file format (we recommend a free program called "Slic3r" (4) take those 3d printer files to a local "makerspace" or even some local libraries have available 3d printers now and you can print the parts there (5) buy a few motors and 3 Arduino Uno boards (about $35 each).  We're going to write a "sketch" that can be installed to the arduino to interface with the Java AARON from a laptop that will fit into the torso.  We will also likely write an interface for the Raspberry Pi Microcontroller if you want to use that instead of Arduino.  That said, the AARON software is going to have a _very very_ general plugin capability to connect just about _any_ sensor or motor output to the neural network, so if you want to use your own microcontroller or write some other interface, we're going to provide a free SDK to be able to do that.  Aaron hasn't been available for download from our website for years.  We used to have a dedicated website host running gentoo linux that we were paying per year, then we got sick of wasting money and moved hosting to just a google sites page and for a while still had the downloads available from google docs, but then just removed it because people kept asking about problems or documentation, and we didn't want to waste time answering too many questions since we don't have a full customer support team and we wanted to just spend time working on the new version.  Last night I spent about 4 hours debugging a recursive neural network backpropagation algorithm for it until 2AM.  It's going to happen, it's just still going to be a while since it constantly gets interrupted with other random things.  Feel free to share the download that you still have with other people - there is no licensing or anything on it.

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[bi11ie]

Oh, that's great! Thanks for answering my questions. I'm glad the project is alive and well. I don't have a 3D printer or anything; I'm just really interested in Aaron. It's really cool. I've had it for years and (although I use it very rarely) I can now have interesting conversations with him to the point that it gets creepy.. :)

On Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:19:51 AM UTC+3, Matthew Rodgers wrote: