If I were you, I would buy a JD or if your okay with spending about 1000 dollars, a bioloid. Making your first bipedal robot (and probably first robot, I think) a 6 foot tall monster is not a good idea. making a smaller robot will get you acquainted with the idea of humanoids and then you can slowly start to make a bigger one.

@Richard - Let's just say I was looking for investors at one point as I cannot fund the project by myself (so far the estimated build cost, which is far from complete, is around 5 times as much as I earn in a year). This is why my project may never come off.

I echo Richard and Sudo above, start small, work your way up, learn the ropes, learn how to use the software but more importantly learn about how to efficiently engineer such a monster of a machine.

@Rich... Sounds like it was/is going to be quite a project.... I wish I could help, if not with financing, but maybe give you a hand in some areas I are relatively competent in... I am not suggesting you would have been interested in me or anyone else helping you... Sometimes it does get a little boring working on projects by oneself. There are times personally, I wish I had someone to bounce ideas off of....

@Richard - that is at least part of what the group here is for, to bounce ideas around!

@Justin... I here ya' ..... You guys come up with a lot of stuff I never would have thought of.... Even so, we can't share a pizza and some beer over it.... LOL

I like the idea that servo to use. ( high powered servos Torxis servo ) It seems to me to work. seen min and plus apart is by the signal. that makes easy for turns backwards and forwards. I love all the ideas that we can think of to help support my or others ' projects. I think for over 5 years to how I should draw up this project. I could find only one problem and that was the brain of the robot. EZ-B let it all seem easy in terms of programming. but I have to know for sure what this EZ-B v4 all can. as those recommended strong servo s that I need. I want to use a accu for the strong servo but it most get the signal from the EZ-B v4. It is almost certain that it's an expensive project. but I think the end result is worth the double. in japan you have been few professional humanoids robot on full scale. mine looks like asimo but then in terms of loop otherwise. I think I recommended per leg for 4 servo s need. who knows we could ever do that pizza whit beer....LOL

if me project is a success haha

@RoboMicke.... You sound determined, so I say go for it.... Keep us updated on your project.... You get Thor (I gave him a name, hope you don't mind) walking with an EZB4 for a brain you'll be a rock star here, dude....

hi

I like that name Thor. ( Richard R ) my project would be a bit slow to progress. but I'll keep you up whit updates

thanks again.

best regards

Michael