Lt. Commander Data's child "Lal" My latest project which is powered by a EZB4, is a re-creation of Lt. Commander Data's android daughter Lal. It is based on Star Trek, The Next Generation, season 3:16 "The Offspring". She is intended to be a Humanoid house robot with less degrees of freedom movement from my previous robot Captain AnnDroid. I wanted to keep her her low maintenace, basic, and dependable. She is about 4 ft. tall and weighs about 13 lbs. " After new a servo addition" Lal's head utilizes 3 HD EZ Robot servos for pan (rotate left and right), tilt (up and down). and head daisy (like a puppy dog). 2 HD EZ Robot servos for arm movement now ( may add an elbow or wrist servo?). IRobot Create V.1 for drive platform. She uses great EZ Robot features like Multi-color camera tracking, and plan to add some type of A.I., like Dave Cochran designed. Special Thanks to EZ Robot and D.J. Sures for providing a great product that lets people pursue their robotic dreams.
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steve S
nice work,cant even see the camera.
Thank you Patrick.
Yes Anthony, it is mounted in the R ear, drilling the opening bigger, without disfiguring her face.
Holy Crow! That is the coolest and classiest humanoid design I have seen. You nailed it dude, that is so Lal! Putting the camera in her ear is brilliant!
I'm super surprised that the iRobot Create can carry that mannequin. I would have thought that would not be possible.
Can you post a picture of the servo should mount? You have kids and grandkids, right Steve? What do they think of Lal?
Is she made of fiberglass or all rubber? Are you going to put her on/off switch on her lower back, as all Noonian Soong android have?
What did you use the cut the back out? A box cutter knife?
Can you tell I want to copy cat your design?
@ Steve S That is really a great mod/robotic build !
Thank you Justin. It is a smaller plastic mannequin that is very strong, but lightweight. I purchased it on Ebay for about $50. I think it stated in stock condition 43" tall. With the head/neck mod and attached to the Create it is about 48" tall. I had a larger one ,but went to the smaller unit because I wanted to use the IRobot Create. The Create handles fairly well, but the 4th wheel causes the cargo bay tailgate to flex some. I may add an additional aluminum strap to the tailgate for increased rigidity. The shoulder servos are held in place w aluminum straps. The servo gear is exposed through a center hole drilled in the arm socket, which is inset on the body enough to fit a HD servo horn cut to fit inside that recessed area. The way it fits together offers support to the arm and servo. Yes the grandsons check her out pretty well. They like having her track them and interact with her. My wife purchased Lal's clothes for $1 and $2. The top allows access to her EZB positronic brain. Yes, I plan to add a on/off switch on her back panel. I can try to find a link to Lal's body if you would like.
Thanks Robot-Doc, I always liked Lt. Commander Data, so I thought my smaller mannequin could be "Lal".