Chapter 2. Adding Raspberry Pi to a Humanoid Robot

Modifying an RC car with Raspberry Pi is a wonderful project, but you can take this idea even further by modifying different toys with Raspberry Pi. One class of toys that are excellent candidates for our project are a set of robot toys by WowWee. You can purchase these toys from the company directly at http://wowwee.com/, but you can also find used versions of these toys on eBay for a significantly lower price.

In this chapter, you'll learn the following:

• How to send and receive voice commands

• How to interpret commands and initiate actions

There are several toys that have excellent possibilities. One such toy is the WowWee Roboraptor. The following is an image of this robot:

Another option is the WowWee Robosapien. A picture of this robot is given in the following image:

You'll use this robot for your project, as it has more functionality and is easier to modify. Specifically, you're going to connect to the internal serial bus so that you, not...