Bio-hacking dogs using a remote-controlled wiener-turning machine

William Othman, who made his own machine 'Bio Backpack' that can control the direction of the hanging wiener with a remote control using Arduino and wood cut out with a laser cutter, tried to see if his dog's bulldog can be remotely controlled. ..

Biohacking a Dog | William Osman

William Ousman with a bloody blade appears.

It's just a 'bio-hacking' that creates an atmosphere, and it seems that ketchup is attached to the knife.

When the machine created by Mr. Ousman is displayed in SolidWorks, it looks like this. 'Body hacking' is not a terrible attempt to embed a machine in a dog, but a joke.

First, cut the wood with an 80W laser cutter according to the design drawing.

Some parts have been cut out.

Marbles are set in the holes of the disc-shaped parts.

As it is assembled, a mechanism is completed in which a round wooden board with a central marble bitten by a motor rotates.

Furthermore, 'Arduino Leonardo', thin IMU 'SparkFun 9DoF', wireless module 'nRF24L01', etc. can be wired and controlled by the joystick of the remote control. The two green parts are stoppers that prevent the dog from moving wider than the viewing angle.

So I came out with the completed bio pack.

Berkeley, my dog, is here.

Berkeley doesn't seem to know what's going on.

First, attach the wiener to the octopus thread ...

I hang it in front of Berkeley.

Berkeley desperately chases the wiener, but the reaction of the wiener shaking his face causes him to go here and there, so he can hardly control the direction of travel.

At one point, when Berkeley shakes his body ...

Berkeley-kun, whose wiener falls and jumps. It seems he didn't have a stock of wieners, so his first challenge ended here.

Mr. Ousman explains the machine he made in a bright place.

The remote control is made with Arduino Pro Mini and joypad.

Berkeley stares at the wiener floating in the air.

When the re-challenge finally started, this time I was able to control the direction of Berkley's movement by relatively manipulating the position of the wiener, but after all the suspended wiener will go in the wrong direction if I shake my head, so go straight. It seems difficult to get it done.

Soon after, Berkeley stopped chasing the sausages that he couldn't eat, and even if the sausages moved around in front of him, he was in a state of 'no concern'.

According to Mr. Ousman, the motor also stopped when the transmission of radio waves stopped in case something happened, but this 'emergency stop function' was working well. Also, the motor itself rotated well in response to the radio signal, but because it uses wooden parts and wooden gears, it seems that the parts squeaked due to friction.

In addition, 'a machine that operates a cat by attaching a laser pointer that can be remotely controlled' may be made if requested.