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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@Richard R
Free hand from a sketch...I glue together blocks of wood then chop em up with a bandsaw and sand it down with a grinder or dremel
Wish I new how to 3d create those claw parts so we can 3d print them... I promised myself I learn how to use some 3d creating software this year....
I'm making molds if I decide to use these...I'll give you a pair if you want them...these aren't even done yet. They may change
Sure.... but no rush.... Maybe I can cheat and just buy a 3d scanner... I could scan your molded parts so we can produce stl files for printing....
The software Anthony uses is very expensive... I think around $2500 - $3000 or so.... I would not be able to afford that so I have to settle with difficult to learn or seriously limited version software for now... Beside, I am about to drop more than $1000 on a dumb a** cat I recently rescued LOL.... The little guy needs the money more than I do...
@Richard R I'll look around for 3DSMax if I can find a licensed copy. I have a friend who does CADs for engineers maybe he can do it (if you want the stls so bad)
Can't wait to see the tutorials.
@Marc, thanks.... It's not that I want the stls all that bad.... But I do want to get and learn some 3d software so I can design and make robot parts on my own... Right now I can only print other peoples stls..... Want to learn how to make my own....