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So I am finally to a point to report some progress on my omnibot hack. I call him BOB. I decided to change his color as there are so many white ones out there. I used a flat black with silver accents.
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And here is BOB all buttoned up and ready to go:
Next is setting up the joystick gamepad control. After I get that figured out and working right then I will post a video of BOB chasing around my dog Peanut. This should be BOB's debut....
Thank you all on this site for your help and encouragement. But even as I finish BOB I am already working on my next bot.
hahahaha they're all sideways. Darn cameraphone
By the way, is that fan enough to cool that controller or should I get some kind of heat sink as well? I also noticed that DJ has taken ALL motor controllers off his website.
In the video, was B.O.B. attempting to dance "the robot" at one point? I noticed his claw-arm in a valiant attempt of it at one point. Also, I couldn't help but notice the lack of dog chasing...
Again, great to see how far B.O.B. has come!
I think I saw a post on this a while ago...the thread discussed hooking up a PS3 controller wired with 3rd party drivers. Just found a thread describing how to do it BT as well..... Looked pretty cumbersome....I actually think buying a wireless one off ebay might be easier
v/r
Kevin
Then any PC sound comes out of BOB.
If you turn off the wireless speaker then sound comes from your regular speakers again.
Would work for B9 also.
I just paid for a 24 inch B9 from ebay.
Hope to get it soon and start modding him.
I have 2 old RAD robots, but I may use something else to drive him.
I need to finish my humanoid first.
He has a Robosapien V2 upper body with my robotic arms I had on my C3PO.
I may get back to C3PO sometime, but I want to get this robot from a story I am writing built first.
The arms have 7 servos each and the head will have 2 servos and the camera.
I am rebuilding the legs from the Robosapien to see if I can make it walk more human like and be a bit taller. I wanted to use the hands too, but they are too big for my robot.
The V2 hands have fingers as long as mine.
I have been following your Bob build and your B9. You are doing great on both robots.
I have 2 RAD robots to use for parts, but I may use something else for B9.
If I could find a good head for him I would build a much bigger B9. I have two 1/6 scale tanks.
One is in perfect shape, the other wont drive reverse anymore. Could rebuild it into a much larger B9 or a Johnny 5 robot. It couldn't handle a full scale B9. I do have wheelchair motors for large robot fun.
Yes, a franken-bot of sorts. I started a thread for mine so I wont take over Bob's build.
Pics soon.