Mino
A small robot built by an independent developer, featuring current sensing and compliance control capabilities. It supports a follow mode designed to enable human-robot emotional interaction.
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A developer on Reddit added a current-sensing feature to their homemade robot Mino, enabling it to yield to external forces when stroked.
The solution integrates current sensors on the PCB and runs an algorithm on the MCU to detect external forces acting on the servos in real time.
When the detected external force exceeds a threshold, the servo enters follow mode, moving along with the external force instead of resisting it.
Mino's current-sensing solution is a simplified implementation of active compliance that uses current as a proxy signal for force, sacrificing precise force quantification capability while retaining the core control logic.
The author considers this to be the best spent extra lines in the BOM and the code.
In the 2012 case Tetris Holding v. Xio Interactive, the court ruled that the clone game Mino infringed Tetris's copyright, citing that the overall "look and feel" constituted substantial similarity
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The solution integrates current sensors on the PCB and runs an algorithm on the MCU to detect external forces acting on the servos in real time.
50%UnverifiedWhen the detected external force exceeds a threshold, the servo enters follow mode, moving along with the external force instead of resisting it.
50%UnverifiedMino's current-sensing solution is a simplified implementation of active compliance that uses current as a proxy signal for force, sacrificing precise force quantification capability while retaining the core control logic.
50%UnverifiedThe author considers this to be the best spent extra lines in the BOM and the code.
50%UnverifiedIn the 2012 case Tetris Holding v. Xio Interactive, the court ruled that the clone game Mino infringed Tetris's copyright, citing that the overall "look and feel" constituted substantial similarity
50%UnverifiedA developer on Reddit added a current-sensing feature to their homemade robot Mino, enabling it to yield to external forces when stroked.
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