It's just a concept right now but I wanted others to see that the scale doesnt quite match. Right now its just stacked on there and neck is a little too long.
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@ Troy I have wanted to see her running traction system It's a shame that inflated battery, return it if you can. In passing we would see a platform that has not yet been proven and tested by anyone, I think.
That looks really cool Troy. I can't wait to see that in action. Good work;.
@troy , two of those 12v sla should power your project and if you leave there the batteries a relatively cheap. I believe it's 30 for two shipped. I have a coupon I posted for the powersonic batteries which I bet is still a good code.
@ Moviemaker, yeah I did toss it. It's a shame too! I think it was about $50 down the drain. :/
@R2D2, I will work on it a little more tomorrow. I'm not quite sure where I can mount the batteries and still be easily accessible. Btw the drive isn't new. I've found it by chance web surfing. It's called "crab" or "swerve" drive. I'm just doing it a little differently. It's steering is direct drive servos rather than chain and sprocket arrangement.
@bret thanks!
@josh, I will hit you up for that when I know for sure if I'm moving or not. If I am then it will have to wait. Customs and shipping costs can be a pain.
@all, sorry for the late reply. I didn't get any email saying there was an update to the thread.
Update: I somehow missed this one but it's the most like what I'm doing. I may need to change my motors to faster ones.
And this one is what I originally saw before. Notice those chains and sprockets? Not for me.
@Josh, it looks like I will be here for a few more months. I'm interested in get one SLA and not two. Eventually it will be on a 2 battery system but for now I will experiment with one until I'm closer to completion.
FYI I've updated POST #216 with part numbers for the base. I'm close to testing the steering and I've done quite a bit on the swivel and tilt base. In a couple days I will have a day off and maybe finish. I will post pics when I do.
:( Accidently fried my Dagu 4CH motor controller. I didnt notice I had not attached the other side of the +5vdc logic power when I turned on the main power. The manual warns about this. ummm, I let the genie out. eyeroll At least it wasnt too much money.
Minor update: I stayed up a bit later and got the chain and sprocket waist movement done. Works ok but it seems my servo has a bad spot between servo values 10-15. It gets all jumpy between those values so I will have to replace that. There is some vertical play in the lazy susan bearing. I'm hoping that when I get the arms and head put on that it wont wobble too much. I also put those noisy digital servos in the servocity gearbox hoping that maybe they wouldn't make too much racket. I was wrong. I will need to find another servo to use. When my bracket comes in for the side to side tilt to go with the forward and back tilt, I will put it all together and shoot some pics and vid. I will need to design some 3D printed parts to cover areas I had to cut away. I hope it isn't too expensive.
@Troy. Please post your findings on the 3D printing costs. I've looked around and can't seem to find a place that wants to just print a few small pieces for a decent cost. They all seem to just want to give estimates for bigger projects or prototyping. I'm getting Roli and I want some ez-bits for the servos I already own, but I'm not sure what shipping from Canada would be and I'm not looking at $200+ in ez-bits to get free shipping.
Thanks