B.O.B. Bret's OmniBot

bret.tallent

USA
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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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#89  

I will be getting the motor controller up and running this week, then hook up my joystick and hopefully get a cool video this weekend.

#90  

Nice , I did find out your motors are mabuchi 6v

#92  

Testing out the drive section:

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And here is BOB all buttoned up and ready to go:

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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

#93  

Your not using.the BV motor controller?

#94  

I'm using that on my next bot - a 2 foot version of robot b9 from lost in space. Bob has always just been a test bed so I could get ideas and work with stuff. My Robot B9 is the one I want to put a lot of work into and the best parts (like that motor controller). After reading another post I decided to try that stepper motor controller I had and it worked (it takes up 5 ports!). But I wasn't planning on adding any more to Bob so I didn't need those ports (no MP3, or sensors other than ping). The B9 that I am starting next will use a lot of ports because of all I want to do to him. I am going to use my RAD drive section on him and the controller you sold me to control it.

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.

#95  

Okay, here is Bob's debut: I am using joystick control in this video and just playing with different things. His motion tracking is really cool and he seems to be checking out his environment. Mods: Camera, head, radar, chest lights, EL wire accents, right arm movement at shoulder, left arm movement at shoulder, elbow, wrist, and claw. So without further adieu...BOB, Bret's OmniBot!!!

#96  

B.O.B. looks great, Bret! cool You are truly an inspiration to all of us builders. Kudos to you on your Omnibot build. Can't wait to see the next one.

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!