Hello all It's been a while since I posted, been busy catching up on back orders for IKON so that took up most of my time.
I finished Doombot's skeleton/frame and I took him apart to make molds so I can reproduce the parts in aluminum and carbon fiber and kevlar. Its gonna be one mean deadly machine.
Anyway in the meantime I created Dirgebot, a smaller, less menacing and simpler to program (less moving parts) machine that's somewhat kid-friendly (for me). I wanted something my kid can play with (she wont even go in the room where Doom was parked).
Anyhoo here is the progress. Depending on how this proto goes I may market this model as a complete, not a kit, but something that can be used out of the box with no guesswork. I'm looking for an ARC programmer who can work with me, in exchange for stake in the future company. I recently established Bertone Industries, LLC and I have access to a warehouse and it will be manufactured here in the US using rotocasting techniques. Please contact me if interested here: [email protected]. Thanks guys!
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This still uses the V3 board and a webcam, alongside the W3 Iconia mounted on its chest. I will upgrade soon. Please be nice to us dinosaurs! haha
He stands at 3' 4" currently.
Testing the arm
Head armature
Sketching the head
Chestplate attached
Nearly finished sculpt. I'm gonna make a tutorial for making molds and casting fiberglass panels. This head is gonna be produced in fiberglass, alongside the rest of the robot when the sculpting is done. Hope you all like it.
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Ezang's Motion Detector
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Doombot, Dirgebot is looking out of this world, great robot. You have a unique approach to robotics, and I like it. Looking forward to your "How to make a mold" lesson. Glad your business is well. Steve S
@Steve S Thank you sir. Glad to be back.
I am really anxious to see this mold making how to
Doombot one simple question for you as I see your machine is created out of metal like mine, where did you place your ezb4? I have nothing but connection issues with mine being placed in his head, surrounded on 3 sides with aluminum. I'm trying a redesign at the moment to get away from metal and still look good.
@kamaroman68
I don't have my EZb4 just yet, I'm still using V3...however I am placing mine in the drivetrain housing which is gonna be fiberglass. I wanted the top body detachable so I can still use the bottom part of the robot by itself.
I use metal for the frames but my work is mostly fiberglass. You can paint fiberglass to look like metal if you wanted to go that route.
Hello all here is the sculpt for Dirge's base. I made it out of foamboard, then layered it with epoxy resin. as you can see, it's still bumpy and uneven...after this dries, I will lay down fiberglass cloth for strength, then body filler (bondo) then sand, then repeat, until the structure is solid and mirror smooth. After that a negative mold will be made, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
I am preparing a few lessons in guerrilla mold making including where to get the cheapest sources for materials, hopefully someone will get something out of it.
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I sculpted this claw last night. I may or may not use it. It's quite simple - highly influenced by all the crappy construction going on in Houston...I stared at this excavator while sitting in traffic and somehow I saw the beauty in it. I'm gonna sand this down and prime it sometime tonight.;)
Nice work Marc... The claw especially.... Did you just sculpt that free hand or did you design it first using PC software?