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Meet Squeegee , The Flooring Mopping Robot , Modified Radioshack Robie Jr

This is a simple project that hopefully I wont over complicate. Since he Squeegee needs to get as close to furniture and the toilet and bathtub as possible this my be a challenge. After all we spend most our time trying to get our robots to avoid the objects in the room. Im giving new life to a radioshack robie jr rc controlled robot.

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Yea I couldn't fit a standard servo so it was literally just what I needed. Color? Hmm im really not sure. I love red but it also looks great white. What do you think? I will make a second robie jr robot I believe but im not sure if it will be just like it or not. I may do a different drive system. I really want to buy a rover to do somthing with.

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Ok im pretty sure im painting squeegee white tonight using my favorite rattle can brand. Rustoleum. Its 5 dollars a can vs 3 but ive always had a great finish that resisted chipping , peeling , and light scratches. I will do this in a mono color and I believe ill make a vanity cover for the ultrasonic so the paint color matches as well.

#107  

Painting begins.... first I had to sand down the water squirters because the finish was horrible.

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Sprayer on the left is prepped with 600 grit

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I sprayed just the sprayers and dropped them in place to dry a while. I took this pic to show how bright and clean this finish looks over the original white.

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#109  

Dude, you've been busy:D Squeegee is looking good, can't wait to see him in action:D

#110  

Yea super busy lol..... more pics

I want things to match. I got the bright idea to paint the case and antenna of ez cam. Once I did that I figured I would paint the servo and ultrasonic too.

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I carefully cut circles from tape and covered the grills of the sender and reciever on the ultrasonic rangefinder to protect them. I only sprayed the front which Does not have any open electrical tracings. I would like this robot to be clean and neat as possible.

#112  

I took the wheels apart and the outside half of the wheels I sanded and sprayed as well.

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