Hey guys. As I am closing in on the finishing line on my Gargantuan project, I’m lining up the remainder of the year with a few projects. I have a budget for a couple more projects. I’d like your input as to what you’d like to see me build the most.
I’m due to return for reshoots for Avengers 4 in September and then there is a question mark about Guardians of the Galaxy 3 as they fired my director?! That was to begin in January. So I may in fact have a lot more robot time on my hands than I originally thought.
But here are some things that I’ve been either working on designing, thinking about or just might be really cool to tackle.
A body for Alan. ( all the sourcing has been done for this)
New version of Alan’s Head. Like an advanced model , expressions, blink, new face design et.
A biped 24 inch walking robot
A tank tread robot
Back pack robot that unfurls
Robot Dog like Boston dynamics
---Please pick one or two at most---
Some really great thoughts and input....you got my gears spinning..
Will,
not nice, teasing the community !
I would love to see your ideas / improvements applied to JD Humanoid (walk movement).
Tank bot is nice, although a mars rover (rocker-bogie suspension https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocker-bogie) works everywhere.
Alan - add emotional face elements, neck movements additional mobility similar to (Jiibo)
@fxrtst I guess whatever you touch will be gold! BUT the idea of a You Tube channel seems to be a game changer for me...you are very good in keeping this community up to date with all the progress. So you would widen your audience a great deal! This would benefit future projects, Kickstarters etc... Plus, since you are working within the film industry, you know more than anyone about whats going on in a variety of fields! I a pretty sure you'd know how to set up a good show in the FXRTST CAVE!
You could even use it to promote Alan and Alena further, by being Co Hosts in your show...
@ptp I am still working with Unity a great deal these days, there is a lot of very interesting possibilities within this platform! I just stopped to develop the JD App because it seemed to be impossible to animate a walking gait for him, but I am still thinking the JD App would be great for kids and EZ-Robot enthusiasts at the same time! Currently I am working on an Android App for my robot, which I hope to showcase soon! I think all of this could be very well integrated in @fxrtst 's future projects too since the Unity/EZ-B connect that you developed worked flawless!
@mickey666maus , Thanks! The idea of a Youtube channel is growing on me. I sat down this weekend to run thru all the possible directions to take a channel. I'm thinking it will be robot focused but I may encompass makeup effects as well. The issue with such a large en devour, it will be very time consuming. I will need a way to monetize it to match my current wages, which means I'll probably have to review products as well. Like a Tech Tuesday or something like that. Probably I will have a sponsorship video here and there and alot of affiliate links. The good thing is I don't think there is a channel on youtube that would be like mine.
Hi Will, these ideas are fabulous. but a 2 foot walker will need some heavy duty servos and the big problem with all walkers is the you cannot really do any odometry so simple mapping and accurate movement is very difficult. Alan is so amazing that adding a moving body would be incredible! What I did with the ALTAIR EZ:1 is to make the lower part look like legs but still use skid/steer which can do very accurate movement and mechanically is very easy to do. The EZ:1 has 32000 clicks/clocks per wheel revolution and works really well the Kangaroo X2. Here are some pics
Hope this is of some help. Tony
@fxrtst ...I would not mind you reviewing products at all, it is the right attitude trying to get paid for the effort you put in! Plus there might be some good stuff out there for us, which we would miss otherwise! I am very aware of the time consumption social media is taking of you, if you are up to get to the point where it pays back!
If you are willing to put the time in, I am sure it will be a great channel!
@toymaker Thanks for the info in how the robots locomotion works. I’ve spent some time designing and test different designs and have definitely decided to incorporate a sort of Alan riding a Segway approach. These scooter wheels I’ve sourced are so cool, the ones where the stator and rotor are within the wheel design. And they are cheap!
@mickey666maus I’ve been looking at some of the most successful YouTubers like Casey Neistat, his editing style and great youtube cinema photographers like Peter McKinnin, and of course shows like Tested. These channels promote the style and in the case of Tested the content, of what I’d like to produce. I could prolly get subscribers pretty quick by having Zoe On! Lol. It’s alot of work but could be a doorway.
These scooter wheels I’ve sourced are so cool, the ones where the stator and rotor are within the wheel design
Will,
Sounds interesting for something I’m looking at for my InMoov, could you share the link where you sourced these from?
Cheers Chris.