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

Looking back on my project I see I didn't share this video I made of me attaching an arm I designed to my B9. I still have him crated up after my move to Florida and I'm waiting for some time to open up to set him up. In the meantime I've been watching some of my old videos to get my robot fix in. Here's a rather long video but if you skip forward from time to time it's tolerable. Hope you enjoy:

You may have said earlier, but where in Florida did you move? I am going to be spending some time in Port St Lucie off and on for work, and if it is not too far a drive, i would love to meet you in person, and maybe see B9 up close. (I am currently on the train on my way home from there. I work for Amtrak, so I take the train when time allows, although I will be visiting enough that I may fly some times).

edited... I see you did say. Cape Coral. That is a bit of a trek. Maybe meet in the middle one day though.

Alan

Hey Alan. Wow, I'd love to meet you in person. I've always admired your skill and personality here on the forum. You've helped me out many times and probably more often than you know. Too bad you're too far away for a drop in visit. You probably know by know I love to show off whether it's something I did well or terribly bad. LOL. Just let me know when you're close and I'll drive to you.

I absolutely love the train. When I was a kid my Grandmother would take me on cross country trips all the time. Great memories. Sadly I've only done it as a adult a couple times. Now you've light a spark in my heart and I'll have to take a train trip now.

Edit my last post. I do see I did post the above video about a year ago. Oh well, Like I said; I love to show off. Soon I'll be uncrating and assembling my B9 after the long move from Wisconsin to Florida. I plan to video that and take pictures. I'll document it here. I really miss having the big guy set up and working on him. I have many upgrades I want to do to him; better feedback on the arm retraction system, better bubble lifter system and more. Stay tuned if you are interested.

Hi all, just some quick background. I've moved my life from Wisconsin to south Florida (Cape Coral), USA. One of the biggest challenges was safely moving my almost 7 foot tall, over 400 pound Lost in Space replica robot. When I built him I planned and built in the ability to take him apart in sections to make moving him less of a chore. This design worked well but in practise I'd go back and make some changes to make it easier and smarter. Isn't that always the way? Oh well, too late now.

I didn't take any pics of the disassembly but I've got a few of his main torso and leg section being loaded and sealed in the crates I built. The other sections like the head and arms were placed in Home Depot Wardrobe boxes and padded extremely well. These Home Depot Wardrobe boxes are large, extremely strong and inexpensive. They even have a metal pipe sitting across the inside top to hang your stuff on. I didn't hang anything on them but the pipe did reinforce the top of the box to add more protection from things be stacked on top. I think I spent about 15 USD on each! Here's the pics:

Amazing Dave, But I wouldn’t expect anything less, even your creating/packing B9 is professional!

Cheers Chris.

Wow, what a nice thing to say Chris. Thanks. This robot means a lot to me. I wanted to make sure it survived the 1400 mile trip unharmed. It's still created up these past two months and I'm getting very anxious to get them open and see how he survived.

Here's a picture of him still boxed up, resting on the new game room flight deck, waiting to be unpacked.

Edit: don't know why it's sideways. Looks right on my end. Sorry.

Dave, Best wishes on your move to Florida. I am sure when you are ready; you will reassemble your awesome B9, and have him doing all of his great moves, and cool recordings. Steve S

Thanks Steve. Really, I can't wait to plug in his power pack and bring him back to life.

I thought retirement would be lots of free time to do what I wanted and when. So far it's been all packing, moving, unpacking and house fixing. LOL. No worries though. It's not all that bad. I haven't plugged in my alarm clock since I've arrived. Life is good.

Hope all is well with you and your loved ones and life is good for you as well.