A large humanoid automaton to initially develop means of cybornetic object recognition and recovery, position memory, motor feedback, and balance. Ultimately to develope a device capable of a wide assortment of tasks with as little human intervention as possible. PASA stands for Protection and Service Automaton.
12/9/2009: General Assembly
        
Here are some pictures of the arm and head mounted side by side. They are not joined toghether yet as I am still deciding on how I want the sholder constructed. The last photo shows the control circuits and power supplies, I am still deciding on how those should be mounted as well.
        
Because I thought it was too flimsy, I abandoned the first neck and built a newer much
more sturdy neck. I built the neck and the sholders together and already have them
integrated so finally the arm and neck sub projects are unified.
      
9/1/2010: Power Supply and Control Systems
        
By grounding a few computer power supplies together I was able to make a powerful 12v power supply to run the many automotive motors found all over the robot.
The control system housing now contains all the breakout boards, the receiver boards, and the control relays.