Devlog #1: Building Dum-E: A Voice-Controlled Mobile Robot Arm.

Hey everyone! I’m building a desktop robot arm inspired by Dum-E from Iron Man the clumsy little arm that Tony Stark keeps yelling at. Except mine is tiny.

The concept is a 4-wheeled mecanum (omni) rover base with a full 5-joint robotic arm mounted on the back, two cameras on the arm head for eyes, and voice control so I can literally talk to it and it responds with movement and personality: beeps, whirs, droopy sad poses when I scold it, excited wiggling when I praise it.

Still in design phase but parts list is locked and I’m about to submit for funding. More updates soon as I start actually building!