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Wheeler Chair Robot
I saw that last year somebody had built a wheel chair robot?. My idea for the new Robot will be as a stage mascot that can also pretend to play the drums on stage. My brother has a live Metal band every Saturday night and most of the time we have trouble with no drummer showing up. We end up using a Drum machine instead with the 2 other guys on real guitars and singing. So Terminator will be able to move around and substitute behind the drum kit with the Live drum machine signal activating terminator arms at the drums. Also need him to move around in a wheel chair , so is anyone out there that has done this wheel chair hack, looking for suggestions on power/motor controller connections etc...should not be too hard just larger than I'm used to building. This is a youtuber that bought what I just bought,takes a month to get from China and we are building the rest of the Endoskeleton to integrate in wheel chair....
Related Hardware EZ-B v4
What brand paint did you use this time? I have heard painting with a base of black first then chrome or gold or any of the metallic is the secrete to really make the paint pop. Yours looks good!
OMG...what a beast!! Hopefully we can see it in action soon!!
Hey Justin, My local hardware store just got in some cans of Krylon Chrome Premium and yes if a base coat of Glossy black is used first then this paint will look really close to chrome, there is more expensive Chrome paint that does look even better from Ebay called Spazstix Chrome but I have not yet tried that brand but thinking about ordering in the future.
So I bought 4 HDD EZ Robot servos from Robotshop Canada ,as they get shipped to me so fast and no long waiting from China. These will be used to replace the older motors controlling the Terminator arms. I like the fact that the HDD were designed for EZ-B controllers and have metal gears,great reviews too! I may also update the hand/finger grippers since the goal will be to have Terminator pick up full bottle or can of beer and deliver to guests around the camp fire,actually hand them a beer. I need to see what are the torque requirements to get this job done and try to source the parts.
Oh my God, after installing Terminator body on top of wheel base, The sight of this thing is absolutely terrifying! It looks like one of the Army base early Terminator security robots shown in Terminator 3!
Just put together with electric motor base about as tall as my car but I will still make it much taller. I also need to add a stabilizer bar to the Front motors since the body can flex right now throwing out the forward movement. Tomorrow I can put all the electronics back inside and mount all the lights and sensors...Wwell I feel incredibly sad, we just had to kill a large Porkupine that was constantly coming around threatening us with it's sharp Quills.It took many hits from a large axe but it had to be done...R.I.P. little warrior.
Man...you are building a Terminator Robot in the woods and just killed a wild pig with your axe? Who are you Mad Max???