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I'm looking for a way to, remotely, activate some sort of treat dispenser.
I'm not a hardware guy, and I'm sure that conceptually, this is very easy. But I don't know how to begin. I haven't found any products designed to do exactly this.
Perhaps some sort of beginning robotics kit could do it?
23I'm sorry but this is probably the best title I've ever seen on here. – John T – 2010-06-16T22:44:03.700
2I gather you could an idea or two from the first ten minutes of "Back to the future 1" movie ;) – Rook – 2010-06-16T22:53:33.757
4Check out Make magazine. They do this sort of stuff. – Daisetsu – 2010-06-16T23:08:45.357
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try asking on Chiphacker... i'm all for DIY but this seems a little outside of the Super User scope.
– quack quixote – 2010-06-16T23:15:12.160Won't you be spending more money on hardware than on a pet-sitter? Just saying. – zildjohn01 – 2010-06-16T23:59:16.250
4If your ISP doesn't block the traffic on port 22, you could connect to your dog via ssh, then "sudo eat /home/dog/". – dag729 – 2010-06-17T00:02:21.347
7Remote Robotic Dog Treat Dispenser via IM MindStorms NXT – Stefan Lasiewski – 2010-06-17T00:14:26.183
Suggestion: still ask someone to check up on the dog just in case your internet goes down, the power goes out, or it breaks ;) – Matthew Iselin – 2010-06-17T02:03:19.227
1...unless your name is Shroedinger. – JRobert – 2010-06-17T17:53:19.030
I agree with quack quixote, ask over on http://chiphacker.com, I'm sure one of us will be able to come up with a solution or point you at a working example.
– Amos – 2010-06-18T13:51:51.297@dag: i'm against animal cruelty :P – RCIX – 2010-06-19T10:19:38.580
If you're into robotics, why not join the Robotics Proposal?
– Rocketmagnet – 2012-10-06T20:08:55.663