@Rich sounds like you have the "Command" version of Wall-E. I paid a similar price off ebay last year for one in very good condition. They are worth a lot more now as they become rarer by the day. There are a few over $500 on ebay today, one for $750! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Amazing-rare-U-Command-Wall-E-Robot-with-infrared-remote-control-/171242289138?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ded5f7f2

I almost regret pulling mine to bits in anticipation of getting the development kit. They seem to be very well constructed. I can't wait to get started on that project! My biggest fear at the moment is that the new "Revolution" camera will not fit into Wall-E's eye. Also have to see what size servos come in the kit.

@tony1952 I never thought of putting the camera in the ultimate wall-e's eye. simply because the blinking ability it has is awesome. not sure where to put the camera since I want this wall-e to have face tracking, unlike my other mini wall-e that does not.

but again the blinking aspect is to nice to let go of.

@hoolagen1, How I can mantain all the original functions of Ultimate Wall-E, but autonomously? I like an autonomous Wall-E with all its original functions, but independent from the remote. And some new features, like face recognition, speech recognition etc..

Yes it is the U-Command (I know this as I started on him last night - project to come), which was a little disappointing but I'm sure I can get him up and running just the same

You know the camera doesn't have to be attached to the part that moves, i.e. the camera could be on the body but move the head pan/tilt to suit. ARC has the ability to do that. The camera doesn't need to move, the software can make the head look in the right direction.

@rich yeah I tried the remote camera thing but....it doesn't feel as natural because kids will want to look at wall e in the face/eyes to get a reaction. I dunno, I like the idea of the remote setting but it doesn't work all well for this project.

@sparkino

its really easy to do....well not really easy, but pretty easy.

I would strongly suggest you start with a smaller project. or at least a less expensive one. ive never done this before so I started with the small wall-e, I learned a lot.

-patience. -attention to detail -reverse engineering
-servo space and placement -balance/weight distribution -use of a rotary tool. -working out ideas and implementing them in a very small space.

again im a noob but got the hang of all these things. I cringe to think what my big wall would have looked like if I learned on it.

ultimate wall-e part by part

base/wheels remove all the electronics, add a motor controller for the 2 sets of motors in the wheels. BOOM! you have control of the wall-e tracks.

body tilt in the flickr site you can see the mechanism that makes the wall-e body tilt forward for additional animation. This mechanism turns a gear on a track, within a small case. this gear is moved by a motor. remove the motor and replace with a continuous rotation servo. BOOM! you have control of the body tilt motion.

arms more to come, sorry im at work.

@Rich do you intend giving your Wall-E servo controlled horizontal arm movement? Looking at other projects in this community where it has been done, it seems you have to pull the arms apart. I can't work out how people have done this as it seems my Wall-E has his glued together at the hand end, so there's more than just undoing the screws. My U-Command Wall-E also has the plastic rollers (adjoining the tracks) mounted in the middle, not the back of the body. I'm not sure what they are there for, but as Wall-E has a tendency of flipping back, they are probably better off mounted at the back! Wall-E might seem a simple project but it definitely gets the mind working!

My Wall-E will probably end up being pretty simple. A couple of servos to move the arms up and down, two continuous rotation servos for movement and one servo for head pan (possibly pan/tilt if I can make it fit). There's certainly less space in there than I first thought!