Hey! Coming along great. I like the option to switch from RC to ARC control. I thought about doing this on a big Lost in Space B9 robot I was rebuilding a couple years ago but couldn't figure out how to best way to do it. I know very little about RC control. I didn't think it could be as simple as a on/off switch.

I also like that you're using Velcro here and there. I discovered it a number of years ago. Until then I thought it was a lazy way to attach something that gives you a weak joint. Once I started using it I realized it was a great way to attach non stress load devices and it makes replacement easy. The right quality Velcro has great gripping power and quality adhesive that stays put.

Have fun!!!

@Dave, Thank you very much :-) I Like watching your B9 builds.  The rc/arc switch allows me to switch the electrical path of pwm or simple serial to the m/c but turns out I still have to connect the m/c to a pc via usb to use an app to tell it which of signal type to accept. There are setup buttons on the controller but cant get to them now. So sadly I cant just freely switch back and forth. Besides, within arc, since we can use the custom Movement Panel Joystick, I found I can use that for manual control instead of an r/c controller. The previous robot, I had two motor controllers wired in, one for ezb and one for r/c, and wired each motor outputs to a big switch to the drive motors since I had the room to do it. I don't have that kind of room on this model this time.

Hey RoBoHappy

How is progress going?

@EzAng

Hiya! progress....slowly but surely ,lol I work on it when I have the time to lately. The other night I did add an LCD Battery monitor and now starting to work on the upper body. I hope to do a quick video of a couple things I'm doing with it soon.

That sounds great, good success. Let me know when a video is coming.

Finally, a couple of quick videos... One shows the the robot moving forward via voice command. The other shows how the robots spine can fold up ( realy only bends a little).

https://youtube.com/shorts/_1_UIoQtwFM

https://youtube.com/shorts/JUQ6LxwSiNQ

Just another view of the front of the base, with LCD battery monitor, forward sensor, and newly located Main Power switch

Looks like things are working, voice commands works well,

reminds me a little of my crane I built with voice commands in 2021

Always thanks for your comments,

https://youtu.be/fUQ8eYO8CEY