Combining open source electronic hardware and our proprietary integrated electronic system, Future Synthesis products offer robotic and AI solutions with diverse applications for education, research and business.
Products
FS Mechatronic Head
The highly versatile and modular Future Synthesis Mechatronic Head is based on the Future Synthesis principle of bringing together the best and most accessible of what is available:
- Open source programming
- Open source software
- Open source hardware
- 3D printable parts
Technical Details:
Skull (real size 1:1):
- 3D designed parts
- Printable parts with any standard 3D printer
- Modular design
- Easily assembled and disassembled
- Flexible 3D design that allows for any modification
Inside skull:
- 4 Li-ion Batteries packed inside
- 2 standard USB chargers for the 4 batteries
- Each USB port charges 2 batteries (2 for electronics and 2 for motors)
- Headphone Jack port by raspberry (output)
- Most raspberry ports are accessible
- 6 or 8 motors
- 6 motor design includes 6 degrees of freedom
- Each eyelid moves independently
- Eyes: Sideways motion
- Eyes: Up and down motion.
- Mouth (1 degree of freedom)
- Neck (1 degree of freedom) 6 or 8 motors
- 2 extra degrees of freedom (optional) for eyebrows.
Electronic interface:
- Raspberry Pi 3B+
- Arduino mega Pro
- PCB (Hat) Raspberry-Arduino mega Pro (By F Synthesis)
- Accessibility to Arduino-Raspberry ports and interfaces
- Arduino:
- PCB HAT connecting TX-RX (Arduino-Raspberry)
- Easy access (back cover) to mini USB (programmable)
- Raspberry:
- Easy access to 4 USB ports (through front cover)
- Easy access to mini USB power and SD card slot (through back cover)
- Easy access to audio connector (audio jack)
- Easy access to HDMI connector
- Microphone (and audio sound card – USB -16 kHz sampling to 48 kHz)
Interfaces to Bluetooth – Internet
- Easy connection to any Bluetooth device directly through Raspberry
- Possibility to connect to the internet and internet services (standard Raspberry)
- Connection to phone and phone applications through Raspberry
- Examples are the VNC app that allows controlling the raspberry through the phone
Programming possibilities:
- Programming Interface:
- Future Synthesis provides an offline (Tensor flow) kit for speech to text (200-300 words at a time)
- Python 3 scripts provided to control motors
- Simple Architecture provided to give “autonomy” to the head
- Arduino C, scripts provided to control motors
Mechatronics:
- Possibility to control motors through Arduino (C-Arduino) scripts
- Control of ports via GPIO (Raspberry pins)
FS Mechatronic eyes
Technical Details:
- 3D designed parts
- Printable parts with any standard 3D printer
- Modular design
- Easily assembled and disassembled
- Flexible 3D design that allows for any modification
Includes:
- 4 motors
- Each eyelid moves independently
- Eyes: Sideways motion
- Eyes: Up and down motion.
Electronic interface:
- Raspberry Pi 3B+
- Arduino mega Pro
- PCB (Hat) Raspberry-Arduino mega Pro (By F Synthesis)
- Accessibility to Arduino-Raspberry ports and interfaces
- Arduino:
- PCB HAT connecting TX-RX (Arduino-Raspberry)
- Easy access (back cover) to mini USB (programmable)
- Raspberry:
- 4 USB ports
- Mini USB power and SD card slot
- Audio connector
- HDMI connector
- Microphone (and audio sound card – USB -16 kHz sampling to 48 kHz)
Interfaces to Bluetooth – Internet
- Easy connection to any Bluetooth device directly through Raspberry
- Possibility to connect to the internet and internet services (standard Raspberry)
- Connection to phone and phone applications through Raspberry
- Examples are the VNC app that allows controlling the raspberry through the phone
Programming possibilities:
- Programming Interface:
- Future Synthesis provides an offline (Tensor flow) kit for speech to text (200-300 words at a time)
- Python 3 scripts provided to control motors.
- Simple Architecture provided to give “autonomy” to the head
- Arduino C, scripts provided to control motors
Mechatronics:
- Possibility to control motors through Arduino (C-Arduino) scripts
- Control of ports via GPIO (Raspberry pins)
