Your Sunshine seems a bit tall! hopefully it has sufficiant bottom weight! ......Botchy? NAH! You have put a lot of work into Sunshine and once it has been painted and detailed the sun will appear bright! Also remember the story of the ugly duckling! ....Maybe Patches ?

Movie Maker, I agree with Irobot 58. I like your original project name. There is nothing wrong with improvements. You have put a great effort in building your new robot! I give you credit for your great work and effort. Hang in there and make any necessary changes you want. Steve s

I think it looks great! Good work.

Good job Mel , you can tell it's coming along!

I agree with all. Great job Mel. I'm glad you're pressing ahead.

Well, thank you. I was thinking it wasn't very good.

I do want to say "HAPPY DAY!" I got my second omni in and I am happy about that. I called it Botchy because I botcher her up. But, I just finished painting her again and she looks good in white! The problem is (temporarily) that I painted a lot of the black items that should've been black white. But, I will go back and hopefully do something with that.

Also, I made an important discovery. After spending almost $100 on paint, I found out that $4 Krylon Paint at Walmart will stick to plastic, will cover all, and will dry in about 15 minutes. Instead of a dozen cans of 3oz. paint, ONE simple can of Walmart paint for $4 was all it took to give her a complete and total paint job. Like I said I will have to go back and touch her up a bit, but I am now more optimistic about the whole thing. My wife bought me 3 cans, so I have enough for touch up and a spare can for later.

I am almost there. I have to wire her. I know HOW to do this, but I can't see very well, so that will be a hassle. But, I am so happy I am to this point.

@aameralis, about the neck. I wanted her to be as tall as possible. So, I made her that way on purpose. also, believe it or not, I have a cable for the camara, LeftUpper, RightUpper,LeftLower,RightLower,Lefteye,Righteye,HorzPan,Verttilt, and that is lots of cables going through there. That gave me a hard time. I could have just went with on/off one port of left and right eye leds tied together like I did in the past, but I wanted to copy off of Loki. I like the way it works. But, it was hard because the size of the eyes were not large enough for the led strips.

Also, on the neck, If I change her at all, I would have to completely re-do her setup. I am not saying that I won't do that, because I am a very opened mine type of guy. I just have to think about it and possibly raise the funds.

Also, the shoulders are sealed so i don't know where to ENTER the wires for the arms. I have four each of those. I was thinking under the arm pit maybe. What do you guys think?

@Roboti58, I might change the name back to Sunshine if she comes out better. Because she is a tribute to my wonderful wife of 20 years. But, if she doesn't come out right, she will be just another project.

@all of you. I feel like Dorothy on the wizard of oz and I just woke up and all my friends are here. I can't tell you how much your support means to me. I literally threw a turtlebot away in the Dumpster because I could not figure it out. But, I have since become familiar with ROS. It just takes a long time. When I have friend encouraging me, there is NOTHING I cannot do.

Thanks!

hey, if you would be willing to sell that homebase-cardboard and send it to germany, pls let me know (sorry, saw it on one of your photos-along with the remote control) mike

Mike, it will cost you a TON of money in shipping. What is your financial state? If you are well off, I will take whatever you see fit. If you are poor, I will give it to you. You will need to pay the postage.