Skoobot

I downloaded a tone app for my iPhone and played 3 tones. I recorded the sound on the robot's microphone, and did a dft (the uC is a Cortex M4F and has DSP capabilities). I then uploaded the data out the UART and graphed them in Google sheets. It looks pretty good.

I use a complex DFT. It was also fast, but I was using a 128 float32, or 64 complex numbers (set phase to 0). Next steps are 1) coding beep communication between robots, and Android 2) coding cepstral coefficients for preparing to do word recognition.

I ordered Python Machine Learning and I am watching Machine Learning Videos. I think teaching machine learning with Skoobot is going to be a hit, but it takes some effort educating myself.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1787125939

I didn't get anyone to buy a Skoobot from East Bay Makerfaire. Kids definitely had fun with it, and spent a lot of time at my booth, but their parents didn't convert to sales. I think Skoobot being an awesome product that people talk about hasn't been a crazy success, just some success. To better understand my customers, I tried a SurveyMonkey survey and I got 10 responses. It seems Python is important. I should do more development there. Also, it seems a 1/3 of customers just bought Skoobot to play with, and are not interested in development. In this case the app is important, but not learning how to develop on Android.

I am going to WeMake (not WeWork) this Saturday, then East Bay Makerfaire Sunday. This is my fav smaller Makerfaire, wouldn't miss it. I have a booth so come by and say hello. Here is a sumo concept I wanted to do with OpenCV, a laptop and webcam. Hmm, maybe Raspberry Pi and PiCamera.

The business credit card application got deleted somehow, I got really upset. I reapplied today at the bank. The Poland order turned out to be a scam, but I didn't spend too much time on it. Google analytics said a ton of people came to the crowd funding site from Facebook. I think my customers are 25-35, male and professional. I think they prefer mobile. I upped my Facebook efforts accordingly. Not much happened with reviews, maybe more accurately nothing happened after MickMake and Alex Glow's reviews of the actual Skoobot. Most of my traffic is Brazil. Still haven't figured that one out. Maybe Google Adwords is sending my add mostly to websites there. I would rather they balance it out. I am studying Machine Learning, which is documented all over the web everywhere. Joseph at WeMake wants a course for kids and adults.

I joined a STEM Facebook group. I read some posts and then posted a photo and a question. I read some more posts and the admin had actually posted about my robot Sept. 20th. A guy making a competing robot commented a criticism. The criticism was valid though.

31 Skoobots pledged, but no orders for 2 weeks, despite my marketing efforts.  I have a new mention today on EEWeb. Although it's kind of buried on their site. There is lots of business development going forward, lots of new business development everywhere, but there is no short term revenue. I am waiting on a business credit card to do critical investment to speed up production, but where the heck is it? There are no insights into the process at all, even from the local branch. I have an after-campaign order from Poland. I don't think they are a scam, but something is wrong with their ordering process, and they are tight on info that would help me fix it.

https://www.eeweb.com/profile/max-maxfield/articles/mammoth-musical-mechanism-and-teeny-tiny-robots