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.
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.
And there you go, happy wall-e...
... and sad wall-e!
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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DJ's I Taught Jd To Serve Snacks
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@mcsdaver Yeah they are great, I wish I'd mounted the one that makes the eyes tilt further in as there was room and it would have been almost completely hidden but I was fed up of taking the head apart!
I've spent some good time studying your pictures and I think I've almost figured it out how you worked the camera hinge into the neck assembly. But yeah, a few more pictures would definately give me the extra clues I need.
I'm assuming that you've used the plastic end of the camera hinge (discarding the metal end that attaches to the camera with 4 screws) - did you also cut down on the width?
Yeah I got rid of the base bit and trimmed down the part that goes inside the upper section of the neck so it was hidden. Heres a few pics
:)
Hi @Tom, thanks a lot for those extra pictures!
This weekend it'll be the time for me to do a few assessments on how I will be doing this. Much appreciated!