This is the new thread to the Creeper build. A 5ft Minecraft Creeper robot counterpart, made by non-other than me Techno. Minecraft is a hot topic these days and so I thought id combine the worlds best 2 things: Minecraft and Ez-robot
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After researching the topic I found I'm making the third creeper robot in the world. The first one I found was a monster 2-metre tall robot that ran automatously. The second one was a 1-2ft tall creeper made as a high school project, same concept.
Now mine. In between the sizes of both current creepers. Currently 18" wide, 3'7" tall(no head)
My materials: 1 empty de-odorant thing 1 flashing light board 4 boxes(9" x 9" by 8.5" )-use in making skirt 3 boxes(10" x 12" x 3" )-dunno 1 box(3' 8" x 12" x 12" )-Body Too many LEDs
What I need: Ez-b(bought)-$69 motor controller(bought)-$15 Camera(bought)-Free with points Motors(chosen)-$75: 12v dc motor one sided sticker sheets(45 sheets)-$30 Decals printed green spray paint-$5-25
Hope to have this project finished soon! Approx. Date of finish: January 31, 2014.
Comments Welcome!
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@Techno I did not realize you moved your project to this thread. I put a suggestion on your Alex thread. It was meant for this build.
Thanks for the heads up! Good advise. not doing major frame work as the boxes already have structure, more so corner protection and load spreading. Not any "crazy" weight on the tubes.
Looking on the decals and so on. Got a picture and the creeper has a rectangular prism as a body. The head hangs out over the legs on the front but not on the sides. One flaw to my design. This also throws off the dimensions of the squares to where the squares on the head will be bigger than on the body. I need your opinions on whether I should have different sized squares or inaccurate decals.
Looking at it I might go with keeping all the squares the same size and making the proportions wrong. May look better.
that's the 2 metre one I mentioned at the beginning of the thread. Saw a different video on it though.
Hope to get the plywood tomorrow. What do you guys think about making the body detachable from the base? Aka have the creeper clip on, and when I build Alex make them interchangeable? Just an idea.
Maybe make the legs move back/forth when moving so that it looks like he's walking? that would be pretty cool