{"id":2875,"date":"2009-12-01T10:53:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T18:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2009-12-08T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T00:12:46","slug":"spykee-the-spy-robot-by-meccano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/12\/01\/spykee-the-spy-robot-by-meccano\/","title":{"rendered":"Spykee, the spy robot, by Meccano"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I got a Spykee robot<\/a> kit from http:\/\/www.woot.com<\/a> on sale; I had some time recently so I assembled the robot.<\/p>\n

The kit comes in a square box about a foot on each side; inside are lots of small parts including screws and the tools required to assemble a robot. I choose to assemble the default robot with a head and arms.\u00c2\u00a0 I would suggest this kit for a teenager or older – the small parts and careful review of the manual required to assemble it correctly might be difficult for a younger child.<\/p>\n

Assembly went well, and in about 3 hours over 3 days I had a robot.<\/p>\n

The Spykee is a wireless access point, so to use it you need to install software on your computer, then connect to the robot’s access point – I had to disconnect all my network connections on my Mac to access the robot’s “network.” Once I did I could configure the robot to connect to my wireless network, and so now I can run the robot around the house from my laptop. The “head” has a video camera and a microphone, so you can record video and take pictures with a “robots-eye-view.” There’s also a speaker in the base, so you can talk to people the robot visits.<\/p>\n

Here is a video of the robot including the sounds it can make:<\/p>\n

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And here is a video taken by the robot:<\/p>\n

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Two pictures taken by the robot:<\/p>\n

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And two pages of the manual:<\/p>\n

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I got a Spykee robot kit from http:\/\/www.woot.com on sale; I had some time recently so I assembled the robot. The kit comes in a square box about a foot on each side; inside are lots of small parts including screws and the tools required to assemble a robot. I choose to assemble the default […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[641],"tags":[146,643,642],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robots","tag-robot","tag-robotics","tag-wireless-access-point"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t