First Real Look At My Ez-b Controlled Full Size Lis B9 Robot

my dad is 90 and still doing good

@Dave....I understand the weather hardships completly! Its usually the legs or knees that finally give out ..or an outrigger on a boom truck sliding into a ditch with the occupents inside the bucket, like what happened to my dad in Washington state. The other lineman died , my dad survived..ya just never know! I have never worked with "hot sticks" before and I can well imagine the difficulty! My challenge was working with 26 gauge "colored" tel wires in the near darkness and freezing wind conditions with bare hands......BUT when its sunny and warm it was the greatest!

@robotmaker...so glad to hear your dad is doing well! Spend as much quality time as you can and record his life experiances for future family!

Yep, at 55 yrs old my knees are feeling the misuse. Thankfully I've gotten enough time in that I'm a crew leader and most of the climbing and hands on work is done by the younger stallions. I wish I had some of the tools and safety equipment when I was in my prime that are available now.

Years ago the mortality rate among linemen was 50%. That's not to mention the damage done to the linemen's body from the stress of the job from climbing, pushing and pulling in odd angels, lifting and squeezing. These damages don't really show up for a while though. I've had a number of co-workers die on the line and a few others hurt to the point they are really messes up. That's hard to take and can cause nightmares. Thankfully though we haven't seen a serious injury in many years. I admire you and your dad for your service on the line. Thank God your dad didn't die in that accident. I think I actually heard about that incident up in Canada in one of our safety meetings.

Anyway, enough of that! This is a Robot forum. With all the technology and robots coming soon maybe there will be a Robot Lineman that will keep people away from the dangers of line work. I hope not because it's a cool job that gives a lot of satisfaction. At the very least I thought that someday the lineman would have insolated robotic arms that could be worked from a floating or isolated attached platform. Somewhat like we do now with Hot Sticks. However, I truly think that as advanced as robots will get someday you cant replace the dexterity and ability to touch and feel with your own hand. I only use Hot Sticks in certain situations. Working with my own hands and the proper safety procedures is the best way. As cool as robots are I hope they stay out of certain areas of our life.

Robotmaker, Glad your dad is still around. I hope your spending as much time with him as you can and showing and telling him you love him. I wish mine were still around.

Dave, amazing stories of courage and hardships. But YES this is a robot forum!.....On my thread of Dinomight you mentioned room for a miniEZ-B and how your waiting for DJ to release it. You thought you might want to put one in the dome of your LIS B9 because there is so little room in it. From the YT vids it seems theres a lot of room even for a lunchbox! You must have it jammed with other components. Also why would you want a EZ B in the dome when you could have it in the torso and run wires to whatever it is you have, I would presume sensors and lights?( maybe a boombox ..)

Thanks for bringing this back to topic. It was getting kinda dark there. Sorry. blush

Anyway, The area I need to hide the boards in up in the bubble is kinda limited. This area is called the Brain and is a tangle shape and mounted inside the clear bubble. The bubble will be moving up and down by about 4" and back and forth by 90 degrees each way. The less wires running through the support pipe the better. All I really want to run up there are two wires supplying 12v DC.

Inside the triangle brain I'll need to pack in the EZ-B, a light controller board, a LED light board, a relay, a home made transistor switch hoard, wiring and hopefully a camera. Here's a pic with just a couple of the items:

It's going to be tight and I don't want anything sticking up too high.

Thanks So much Dave! I totally see what you mean by space is at a premium..a picture is worth a thousand words! The "bubble" with the lights is Soooo freaking cool!

Dave! you got to see this YT vid of the Jupiter 2 at the Sci-Fi Airshow....How cool would it be to have that as a "visitor cabin" controled by an EZ-B of course. There are a couple of quick shots of a B-9 runnning about.......Enjoy!

Thanks but I saw it a few months ago and was amazed. I was ready to buy tickets to wherever it was showing. I even sent a email asking for their show schedule. Then I realized that's is all special effects and no such show exists. I felt a little silly but then just smiled at myself and enjoyed the web site.

I love all the other fantasy ships like the Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea!

You didnt add the link so here it is:

Click To Watch Video

Here's the whole site. Enjoy!:

www.scifiairshow.com/index.html