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Wheeler Chair Robot

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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....

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Well The Terminator skull is landed in Ontario so it won't be too long for the delivery I hope but it may take time to go through more customs before it gets out for delivery here. I decided to strip down the Wow Wee Chimp Alive I had since the neck movement motors are very quick similar to servos and run at under 6 volts. Using my old 298 H bridge seems to do the trick for adding EZ-B controller, Now I just need to slow the motors down and write a program for the Terminator Head that will go on it. Also saved the Jaw movement motor and will add that so that Terminator Jaw will move when it talks " Give me your Clothes" " F___ You A__Hole" etc.. Here is the demo.... https://youtu.be/nH1soY1RDuc

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Wow crazy,just saw this,could be why my T-800 skull is taking too long to get here, they seem to be overwhelmed by orders in China,i recieved in the mail today a post card from china with a picture of a cat? Saying my parcel is on the way with a different shipping carrier and should arrive soon so who knows.....https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16374734/terminator-sequel-release-date-2019-james-cameron-tim-miller-movie

Update---Got new tracking info and my parcel is just in customs area in Toronto, won't be much longer now! Can you tell I'm excited!

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So I was thinking about what to use for a mobility base as I have never built a really large robot before, I was testing to see what kind of balance and center of gravity I can get by adding a huge chrome shell from a vacuum cleaner I never use (I just broom a lot). So I got it quite high taller than a regular chair. Fooling around on hardwood floors the old Rad robot tank base was a perfect fit as it clamped right on well almost ,I need to shave a bit of plastic off the rad tank sides and I just did a temporary hot glue fix LOL! the old rad body shell can be used for the motors to bend it or turn it side to side at the waist. Outside it works on the driveway but I can tell it will have problems turning on grass if the plan is to make this skeleton to grow with Actuator servos and shock absorbers to be 6 or 7 feet tall. I will for sure need to make the Tank base way bigger and use the high powered all terrain Hover-board motor wheels 8-10 inch size.The only problem is I don't think H-bridge controllers work with those Brushless motor wheels.I need to research it more as it looks like I would need to order 2 separate controllers for both motors from China(I hate ordering from there) I may also just go the easy route and buy the 12 volt kiddy car Gear/motors,so much cheaper and easy to use sabertooth or equivalent H bridge controller.Then there are also the power window motors that are slow but high torque.I tried to insert photo from file but it does not seem to work here.

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My tracking number has showed more activity so it is in Transit ,hopefully that means it is in delivery to my house....just get here already, I wanna light up the Terminator red eyes and scare the smiles out of the dog here!

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It has arrived! Even more creepy in person. This thing is more heavy than I thought. It is a Chinese copy of the Sideshow T 800 replica. Full Chrome process makes it strong and about 5 pounds. It weighs more than my whole Rad-Robot ! I used the Rad Tank base and the Chrome Vacuum shell to see if it can haul the beast around the room and yes it does but the 6 volt motors will likely burn out so now I am checking Ebay for all the Electric skate board duel motor deals 36 volt ones.... Here it is!....https://youtu.be/O4IBpfQBANo T

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I have never tried the EZB digital output for controlling L.E.D. lights before but will look for info on doing this today also hooking up EZ cam to Terminator and get some basic head tracking movements with a servo.If I have time get it talking with some old Arnold MP3's responding to voice questions in microphone. I want the EZ controller to cause his eyes to slowly come on and then slowly fade out in response to questions asked to it. I have located the wires to the battery where I can hook up to EZ controller digital pins. It looks like I will need to invest in some Arduino type relays that can connect to the EZ 5 volt digital pins and this will activate both eye lights and a capacitor for the dimming effect.Also noted that the cavity under the neck goes all the way up to the skull top,ideal for adding a larger Chrome "Spine" with servo up and down actuator or left and right.

I forgot I left the eyes on and went to the store so, when I came back the room was dark, Holy S--- did  that Terminator look spooky shining it's eyes in the dark!! I can already see this will make Eddy from Iron Maiden look like an Oompa Loompa in comparison!...The strategy now will be to find light weight but strong aluminum brackets and tubes to start the skeleton Process as well!

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Here is a neat trick I thought I would share, For any type of Chrome plating or even that new Alcad chrome paint that looks like real chrome, A modellers secret is to buy Pledge Floor shine from hardware store and you have endless supply of cheap clearcoating for any chrome finishes that will not yellow,gives a hard acrylic clear coat shine that you can maintain easy wiping off dust and finger prints...check out that shine on Terminator!

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