tek-tonic

I am a multimedia developer by trade. I have 2 dogs Gus the weiner dog and Jenna a pitt bull. I like to work on and race my jeep in my spare time. I enjoy working with or playing with anything technology related. I build my own robots and think about the idea of whether or not they can create art. I like being outside fishing, canoeing, barbecuing, the beach, going to the races, pretty much anything. Want to know anything else just ask.
Walker Robot
I am going to try and construct a robot that can walk on 2 legs by itself. After that is accomplished I will try and do something more with it. This page will contain information on my progress.
http://www.tek-tonic.com/walker.php
The Scribbler
The scribbler bot is essentially a drawing machine that converts digital information into a physical drawing. The bot is made up of a software component and a hardware component. The software component analyzes a picture taken by a web camera (or just about any other image source), creates a unique line drawing from that analysis, and exports a point list that corresponds to the points that make up the lines. The point list is then sent as a series of discreet motor commands to the hardware component: a homemade orthogonal plotter. The plotter executes the motor commands to create a line drawing using a pen, pencil, or whatever medium you can attach to it with a zip-tie. Scribbler Robot

As seen in MAKE Magazine
DORT BOT
This is one of my older projects. It is a recursive logic engine built in php, sql, aiml, html, and javascript. You can launch the bot at http://www.tek-tonic.com/bot/src/dortframe.html
lotsofwires
Lots of wires is a new site that I just launched.
Other Projects
My personal website and my blog is over at --
www.tek-tonic.com