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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Lal now has a new degree of freedom for head movement, after being inspired by Bob H, thought it would be cool on Lal. Her pan and tilt servos now sit in a wishbone cradle, that is moved by a rod connected to a servo in her body below her neck. Her neck was also modified and shortened. Other improvements include a new movement gait using "AutoPosition". She still has a ways to go, but I am having fun. Please excuse "Lal" for not wearing her "Exterior Drapings" while she is being worked on.
She has very natural movement now Steve. Fantastic upgrade. Nice programming. Also the shorter neck is perfect. Much better.
awesome
Amazing how such a small improvement can make such an incredible difference in appearance. Great job Steve!
If you are able I would love to see pictures of the new internals. Fantastic improvements!
Admiral Haftel even had a bounce in his step this morning after seeing the videos.
Yes yes...would like to see the head tilt mechanism...
The cradle pivots with almost most of original 2 servos weight below its pivot point. The 3rd and new servo sits below her neck in the chest area, connected to the cradle with a rod. Well you saw her topless, now headless! Thanks for the comments.
Very cool work on her neck. She is growing up!