Earlier this year I introduced myself and my first robot on these forums but it was a General Discussion post and so now that I've made some progress on Dorian I thought it's time to make a proper Project Showcase for him.
Dorian is a fairly small humanoid robot with a retro style design. He stands about 40 cm tall and has a build quite similar to the JD humanoid robot, with the addition of two hip servos and an ultrasonic distance sensor.
The chassis is my own design, while the joints and brackets connecting servos are modified versions of EZ-Robot designs.
The general goal for Dorian is to have him join me at various events and have him interact with people, but more importantly, have people interact with him. I'm hoping I'll be able to make him smart and engaging enough for people to feel inspired about social robots and realize how advanced robots we can actually make today - if using the right products and knowing the right community
In my previous post some of you were asking about seeing him in action and if he could walk yet. Today I uploaded the first video with Dorian's walking animation so I hope you'll give it a look and hopefully you'll enjoy! He may look like a drunk toddler but atleast he's moving forward...! Sort of.
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Johnnybib's Edi Mech Warrior
Steve's Affirmative. K-9 2.0, Online And Fully Operational....
sebediah
lookin forwart to dorian back in action .
Hello everyone, just wanted to let everyone know that for the last couple of weeks I've been busy getting back to robotics after a fairly long break. It's been a challenge to say the least since the reason I disappeared in the first place were severe complications to my eyesight. Surgeries, injections and a whole lot of laser treatment have calmed down the situation but I am also now quite badly visually impaired. So far I have not run into any problems I can not work around however! And I am beginning to adapt to developing things again in these new circumstances
With my return I also went ahead and did a bit of a re-brand for the sites where I will be posting my work from now on, and those platforms will go by the new DapperGolem brand that I am very happy with, haha.
I've decided to start streaming my work all weekend evenings, so I'm currently streaming at Twitch from the workshop on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays every weekend unless I am otherwise unable to do so. I try to keep a relaxed stream with music, casual conversations about pretty much anything, the occasional cameo from my dog and cat, and of course, a whole lot of robot tinkering.
If anyone is interested in checking them out, I will leave links below for my new Twitch and Youtube channels. Happy robot building guys, I'm so glad to be back!
https://www.twitch.tv/dappergolem https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAzutx2F8wHWbn2cSJnk8HA
Glad to have you back Sebediah! Once I saw your new channel, I subbed right away
Sebediah
good to hear you tackle your problems . fingers crossed .
Thank you so much @Patrick and @Jeremie! I've subscribed right back at both of you and enjoying seeing what you've been up to.
Welcome back. Thank god for your recovery. Hopefully things will continue to improve. Keep having fun!!
Sebediah, Great to see you back. I think robotics is a helpful therapy, it keeps me busy, and not dwelling on health issues. Lots of fun new things to try with ARC. Steve S
@Dave Thank you! And yes I do hope it will get better over time, or at the very least not get much worse as I already know I can keep working and having a good time with my current eyesight.
@Steve Thanks! I agree this is an amazing hobby to help take your mind off things and focus on the things that make you happy instead. ARC seems great from what I've seen so far, really looking forward to see what it can do with my new robot soon.