
RobertL184
I ran across a 3D Printable robot on Thingiverse that may be the next step beyond JD. Poppy The Robot
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:689134
It looks really interesting. The main website for Poppy is
https://www.poppy-project.org/
Unfortunately it uses Dynamixel Servos (which is not uncommon for academic projects) and they are really expensive. Also right now ARC has a problem with them. I haven't heard anything lately on when the fix might be coming.
Poppy appears to be a tethered robot but a wifi EZ-B v4 mounted in the head could certainly fix that. The other thing May be where to put the battery. Perhaps a battery backpack. I haven't heard when an EZ-B accelerometer might be on the way but I am sure that would be needed as well.
It would be fun to tinker with though. Just thought I would share the find.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:476030
I agree it is way to expensive as it is now. But I liked the design.
time laps
mx28T x 19=4178.10 dollar
mx64T x 4=1199.60 dollar
ax12A x2=89.80 dollar whithout chipping cost 5467.50 dollar alone
totall off the robot is some 8500 dollar *eek*