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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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Hi Andy. It helped a little. However it mostly just slows down the entire length of travel.
Are there Any pictures of progress so far?
Hey Video567, Thanks for asking! Actually I've been so obsessed with getting this arm built I haven't really taken any recent pictures. This past year has been spent on building this one arm and figuring out how to get it attached and working with the robot. Actually the most recent images are the latest of about 30 youtube videos I've taken of this build. Here's my video page from Youtube if your interested:
My Youtube videos
I also have a Web site (Smugmug actually) that shows many, many pics of how I built this robot from the ground up:
My Smugmug pictures
Anyway, here's a couple of the latest picture I have of my B9 with everything done except the arms I'm currently working on:
Do you like Pin ball?
@Andy, your a scream.
Thanks for asking.
Pinball is one of my other passions. I've been collecting and restoring pins from the 1980' & 90's eras for over a decade now. I "built" the collection you see in the pictures by finding cheap blown out games and restoring them electronically, manically, and artistically to better then new condition. I'd then sell some of them and start the process over again till I had the games I wanted to keep for myself. The profits also helped my to buy a few new in box games and a couple other nice ones from other collectors. It was (and still is) a long process and a lot of fun work. However In the end I've got a set of games I'm really proud of and love to play. I have about 15 set up and a few others in storage.
@Dave - to me it looks like the uneven load. Maybe you could lay it on its side for a test, without the influence of gravity.
I had a couple of old mechanical Baseball games I fixed up. I left the cabinets just the way they were, but the game fields were in great shape. The old mechanical sequencers were fun to work on. A can of contact spray and a contact file and a ton of time got and kept them running. A Home run made a soundboard of the crowd roar. It was fun and kept the kids busy. I had one "newer solid state game" but had board and firmware problems. It would run sometimes. I think my son still has it stored away somewhere. I don't even remember the name of it....LOL..
Let us know how you are making out with the arm. Did you hear back from the factory?
Ron R
By the way that was 20 years ago... In a Galaxy far far away....
Hey @Purple, when I take it off the robot next week I'll mount it sideways to see how it reacts. Nice troubleshooting tip. Thanks.
@Andy, Ya, for guys like us who like working with our hands and making things move and work like they should, old arcade games are great! When they are working again they are so much fun and a blast from the past. Be careful with the contact cleaner on the older EM games or any switch that produces a spark. That stuff is flammable and more then one old game has gone up in smoke. Make sure you use a cleaner with no flash point!
BTW, I have not heard back from either DE or the softpot people. Don't know if that's good or bad. Could be that they don't know and ignoring me or could be that they are working on it. I read in another thread on this forum where @Castle was getting immediate help from DE on his problem over several days. However he was calling them on the phone. Maybe that's what I need to do. confused