rgordon
Here are some pictures of his head and neck areas. Still a lot of painting and finishing to be done.
Close up of the collar, radar section, neck boot, and one ear spinner.
24 L.E.D. eye think Battle Star Galactica Cylon eye
The Brain Area with Rotating Crown Not finished yet. Crown will be sent out to be chromed. Brain lobes and temple lobes have multiple LED's mounted inside that modulate with different colors. An inner Plexiglass dome (not shown) will cover the brain area. All this assembly rotates with the crown via homemade slip rings that send power to the brain area.
Sensor rods (in name only) and power flow ramps. Each rod moves up and down via a hidden motor driven cam. This motor also turns the crown. Each brass rod will have a round red bulb on the end of it. The funnel shapes on the end of each brass rod were made from rifle bullet shells.
Each of the five power flow ramps will have a blue 20 L.E.D. bar graph that strobes inward toward the brain stem. The brain stem is made up of 5 Plexiglass discs that light up in sequence from bottom to top (using 50 blue L.E.D.'s. Ten for each disc). This lighting effect will give it the appearance of power flowing into the brain stem.
Voice Box Area This area houses the slip rings and the eight voice light L.E.D.'s that blink in time with his voice.
More close ups
Cool!
This is really incredible. Your work is amazing.
Thank You
See Project Magnus for more details.
Rgordon,
YOU are doing such a GREAT job. I can not afford it, but if I could, I would hire you to build me one. Of course, I don't have any place to put it. But, years ago I did. I am living this experience through you. And I am enjoying every minute with you. I LOVE THE B-9 Go! Go! Go!
MovieMaker.
Thank You.... Building robots is therapy for me. With the headaches of everyday life this is where I find my happiness...my fortress of solitude.
"and miles to go before I sleep" sleep
Pictures of the L.E.D. tree inside the brain stem (5)plexiglass discs-
Plastic Pipe Adapter
I cut and wrapped thin strips of adheasive backed copper tape around the adapter.
Glued on the high brightness LED's
Wired the LED's to the copper strips using conductive glue from ThinkGeek.com Had to use a magnifying glass. My eyesight is not what it use to be tired
Solder on wiresSince these pictures were taken I discovered ....much to my dismay... that I needed a resistor hooked in series to each LED due to the way I had it constructed. Had to go back and remove some of the glued on wires and solder in a resistor. 50 resistors and 50 LEDs oh my!sick
Each ring of (10)LED's will light up one ring at the time from bottom to top. This effect plus the 5 groups of ramp LED's (20 per group) strobing inward toward the brain stem discs will make it look like power flowing into the brain.
That is really cool! Def a labor of love.