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Hi all,
I'd like to share a video I just took of my full size Lost in Space B9 robot that's controlled by two EZ-B controller boards. Right now they are controlling limited movement and voice response of a few motors, lights and sound files played from a Sparkfun MP3 Trigger board. Although I'm just starting with the animation and have more building on the actual robot the result (mostly thanks to the EZ Robot controller board) is shocking. Please have a look at this (4 minute) You Tube vid and enjoy.
Please excuse some Technical camera lighting and sound issues. This is the first time I'd made and posted a vid online.
EDIT 8/2/13: Just realized I have no good pictures of how my B9 will look when complete. Here's one of the actual TV robots from the 60's TZ show Lost in Space and one recent shot of where I'm at with my build over 1 1/2 year after I started. Enjoy:
Thanks, Dave Schulpius
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Sorry to interrupt the thread but just wanted to say that I am very jealous of your game room @dschulpius
Oh and I do love the B9 robot you built, it's a nice addition to the room
@skater_j10, Personally I don't mind the off topic comment. I actually posted as sort of a mixed topic anyway. Thanks for noticing my collection. Restoring, repairing and collecting them is my other passion.
@Troy, I agree the heads are creepy. I have some stands being made for the larger ones so they wont look so disembodied. They will actually have negatives of a sort. But that's okay, because i love butterflies and rainbows.
Cool....and his name is gordon....what are the odds?
@Dave, First, and most importantly, you are certainly welcome to attend any one of my cookouts. If you are in the Boston area any weekend in the summer, stop in. The cold beer I can promise you; as to whether or not the B9 will be serving it, that will depend on my robot building skills. If I can just keep him from leaving the Tiki Bar and rolling straight into the pool, I will consider myself lucky.
As to your question about the measurements. the axis of the elbow is 6" from the shoulder plate which will be right against the inside of the arm socket. The end of the forearm that I have so far is 16" beyond that. This corresponds with my bicep about halfway out of the arm hole, as I would think Bob May's would have been. The pivot for the wrist (an inch or so in from the end of the forearm) will be about the middle of my fingers. I would guess that was where Bob would have gripped the claws.
A couple of other things I wanted to mention. If you decide to go with a universal joint and cable system similar to mine, it is important that the cables attach to the arms directly in line with the X and Y axis of the universal joint. Otherwise when it moves in one direction, the distance for the other two cables changes either making them slack, or binding them up. The other thing was this. Even though the arm will be relatively smooth and round on the outside, I am thinking about wrapping felt around them to protect the outer arm material.
I am not sure how much of my design you can use. The way that I have the motors on the inside, I do not see how you could easily pull the arms out through the front. The design with the actuators looked pretty good. It does look like it has the potential to snag the rubber arms though.
Lastly, I too want to compliment you on your game room. I am sure a lot of effort has gone into it, but it looks incredible.
PS In message #227 did you mean to say they would have "shirts?" Dr. Smith could be a $---, but. Oh never mind.
LOL!
Ya, I meant shirts. We're going to have a great time at your cookout!
Hi Dave. I forgot I had posted pictures of the Magnus shoulder joint here on post #87. Even though you wont use it I thought you might like to see it.
Holy cow Rex, those look like they could move a house. Very impressive. I remember looking at this last year and thinking I could use some type of variation of the shoulder design. Your use of the basic style of B9 caught my eye and I became very interested in your progress. I was a little sad when you decided to set Magnus temporally aside.