Another Wall-e But With A Few Different Bits

tombrookYo!

United Kingdom

Hi heres a few pics of my first robot project it's a bit rough around the edges and I'm afraid its another Wall-e!;)

Most parts are the same as DJ's build but I added a few tweaks of my own.

First off I wanted to keep the neck looking as close to real as possible and found that the hinge that came with the camera would make a good fitting joint, it also meant I could use a push rod through the centre of the neck and keep the stock pivot for the head to turn left and right.

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Next up was I also wanted to keep the movement in his "eyes" so that I could add expressions etc so I got a small micro servo and mounted it in the back of one of the eye pods with a pushrod across to the other one.

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And there you go, happy wall-e...

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... and sad wall-e!

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With all the push rods and servos inside it didn't leave me much room for a battery but it does squeeze in with the ezB mounted on its back.

My next project is to learn some more of the software side of things as I have a gyro/accerometer/compass module that I need to get working using i2c...

Hope you like it

Tom

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#2  

Good work. Welcome to the EZ Robot Community

#4  

Love the creativity. If you're running out of inside space, try using the underside if you're not planning to go over rough terrain. Maybe a Lipo cable tie wrapped there.

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#5  

Thanks for the feedback, yeah thats a good idea about trying a lipo underneath. The wall-e projects on hold at the moment though as I've got to get my i2c senor working and I'm a bit stuck at the moment with it but I'm sure I'll get there in the end.

#6  

Could you possibly post a few more shots of the neck joint, I would like to see it in more detail how you actually fitted the camera hinge in the neck. Thanks in advance!

#7  

I love those tiny blue servos. I use them all the time. Love what you have done with WALL-E

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#8  

@WMoecke Thanks, I'll get some pic's of the neck tomorrow for you, I basically just took the neck apart then cut a slot for the hinge to fit in with a dremel. I removed one of the plastic washers from the hinge also to reduce the resistance so the servo wouldn't be under too much strain. I wasn't sure if it was going to work so I did it pretty roughly, if you took your time and repainted the hinge to match it could look a lot better than mine!