As I mentioned in an earlier post, building a Dick is hard work. It was true for constructing the fictional character, Digital Dick. It has been especially true for building a real-life Dick–Digital Dick the robot. I have been very fortunate to have the help of many people. My nephew Ben built my microcontroller and put together the wiring between the microcontroller and other parts of my robot.  Equally important to my success, a number of members of the Robotics Society of Southern California helped me with the software (especially Dr. Bruce Weimer, Alex Brown, and Walter Martinez.)

Recently, Dick has taken a giant leap forward. This crime-fighting robot is now mobile. Look out bad guys!

Check out this short video of Dick’s “baby steps.”

Digital Dick on the Move

This may not look like much, but for me it is huge. A mobile Digital Dick is much more appealing, and a much better promotional tool for my novel. At least in theory. I’ll be testing that out next week, when Dick and I fly to Raleigh, NC, for Bouchercon.