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I just typed a long update but lost it when the page refreshed. Ugh, when will I learn to write these in Word first? Lol.
I'll rewrite it later. In the meantime, enjoy the video
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Here's a tip for the shakiness. In the CONNECTION CONTROL click the GEAR icon. You can add a script for initialization. In this case, initialize the servos to their center position calibrated for your application, and then set the speed, which will remove the jerkiness.
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This is going to be a great exhibit!
2. The "searching" of the face/camera is becasue I had the center box of the grid too small. Better when it's larger than the others but loses the target more easily.
3. The servo is under-powered. Hence the buzzing. I get that it has to cycle to maintain position but when I had the camera mounted directly to the servo (before installation in the sculpture) it tracked very well and was completely silent. The face/tablet/EZ-b are a heavy combination. I have one in mind from Servo-City.
4. The cell phone vids are of robots through the ages; starting with Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, and of course B9 from Lost in Space on the bottom phone and ending with Ex-Machina, Real Steal, and Interstellar on the top phone.
5. I still need to add stock footage of strip-mining, war, racial tension, climate change somewhere, either the phones or the face-tablet.
6.There is some slop in the servo housing (at the top of the spine) but I won't deal with that until I decide on a new servo.
7. "She who must be obeyed (the wife for all you single guys) had the idea of making the top of the pedestal removable rather than having an access panel on the side. The thinking being that for storage, I can just leave the head-torso-spine mechanism assembled and just wrap it all up. Smart gal.
I guess that's it for now. I'm getting very close to the finish line but sabbatical is over and school starts in three weeks. Still, I'm hoping to have it in a show by summer 2017.
It's a bit pricey but would be worth the expense if it ran quieter.
Servo-City
To answer your servo limit question; Yes you can! LOL. You can place this info in your INT script. Here's what that section looks like in my INT script:
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I still don't get that I'M impressing YOU. It really is the other way around. Your creative energy and commitment to B9 is astounding. And for the record, many of histories famous artists were laborers, engineers, and scientists. Tony smith, for instance, was a welder and brought that technology to the arts with his minimalist sculptures.
Fingers crossed that the new servo (a little smaller in dimensions) fits without too much tweaking