Physical build

The robot

A ~40 × 30 × 20 cm autonomous companion, built one subsystem at a time on a plywood chassis. Here's what's planned and where each piece actually stands.

Chassis & drive
Plywood body, dual DC gear motors, caster wheel
In progress
Arms & grippers
Dual articulated arms, lightweight hands
Planned
Vision
Onboard camera, object recognition
Not started
Sensors
Obstacle detection, orientation, battery monitoring
Planned
Face & voice
Screen display with expressions, mic and speaker
Not started