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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@jstarnes1 yeah....Pinhead doesnt seem to play well with others.
@robotmaker, if we are talking about the paint, its more of a problem with customs and hazdecs I think. If I cant get the good paint I may have to take him apart and mail it to myself on my next vacation.
Does anyone have suggestions on batteries, power supply and charger? I'm thinking of adding an embedded CPU eventually as well as either a display in the front like DJ's or a 50 lumen pico projector. I want to fill the bottom with batteries for stability because at some point I will add 6-10" to his hieght like ConfoundedHound's.
@Glickclick , guy I bought my gel cells from sold them three for 20 dollars , the most you can possibly fit is 4 inside the bot , that's two in the base , two in the torso. , which is 26 pounds of batteries alone. , I have two gel cell 12v batteries in my torso , and may lay one sideways in the base , but that's it. Each gel cell is rated 7.5 ah each so I have 15 ah., if all I was running was cam , motors , EZB , servos I could run most the day lol , like if I controlled it with my w500 tablet. Lithium ion give a great deal more juice than gel cels but its a pain in the butt because each cell must be individually charged with a Lipo charger. Maybe one day I will upgrade to them if I can design a board to charge them all on the robot without being removed then it would be worth it. Otherwise gel cells are cheap and easy. You use a trickle 2amp charger and they charge overnight. I have a schwin charger I bought for 20 bucks that does a excellent job in automotive section of Wal-Mart.
Hi Glickclick
You certainly got that pycho robot look going on there .
I love it . Nice work.
Steve_C .
@jstarne1 thanks, I was thinking LiPo originally. There is a cost issue as well as the charging issue you mentioned. However I think I need to use the weight that the larger batteries offer. How long do you think 2 of those batteries in the base will last? If it lasts only 2-3 hours thats fine. Eventually I will figure a self charge station similar to your drawing you did, but instead of the contacts in the front I was going to re-use the large contacts from the inside that powers the optional beverage tray. I would put them on the underside of the bot and have it roll ONTO a charging station using guiding wedge design that centers the base onto it. When done it will back out again. Again thats far down the road as I dont have knowledge on how to make such a homing system. Are your batteries this size? LINK
@steve_c, exactly what I was going for!
For some reason he reminds me of the robot in Logan's Run movie.
Quote from Logan's Run:
"Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you."
glickclick batteries are a problem,more you add the more the weight goes up ,then a need for stronger torque motors and then you need more batteries or less on time to cut down on weight and power,first use only the itx board that will match your design like if only running windows xp,EZB software use a ultra lower PICO-ITX board like PX10000 and SSD both will save on weight and power,also look at low current sensors they cost more ,BUT save much in power usage and it all adds up LI-PO batteries are the best,little harder to charge,i made designs for both of them with AUTOMATIC CHARGING DESIGN
@robotmaker I understand the weight vs power issue. Do they still sell XP anywhere? I did a search for the PX10000 and I dont see any. Google searched and they are $250+. I guess there's no getting around that. :/ What kind of automatic charging design do you mean? A homing to charge station?
@robotmaker where are these designs? I am already thinking about my next project and I would like to use Spykee's base. Which he has a IR and charging base with connectors already in place.
How did you work the programming on that?