I know I should finish Melvin before starting a new build but Josh's Jarvis has inspired me to give my JARVIS a physical form.
Some already are aware that I already have a JARVIS like system installed in my whole house which carries out a multitude of tasks from being an automatic PVR (like Tivo but better), controlling the heating and hot water system, controlling lights... too much to list really but one day I will attempt it.
Anyway, since it doesn't currently use ARC or an EZ-B I haven't posted much about it on here, but that's changing for 2 reasons...
- To inspire you guys to open a can of awesomeness and
- Because finally JARVIS will become a real robot rocking an EZ-B.
Basing the design around a RAD V1 robot
So far all I've done to the RAD is stripped it down - why they soldered every connection is beyond me!..
A lot of the choices I make on this project will be chosen by JARVIS. I will be adding some scripting so that I can ask him things like "What colour do you want to be?" and he will choose... this should make it interesting
Like I said, his brain is existing and has been for around 2 years, with new features being added all the time. You know what, let JARVIS tell you himself a little bit about him
For more, check out Jarvis Youtube Channel or www.JARV15.com (under construction)
Other robots from Synthiam community
Bhouston's My New Robot
Toymaker's Dewey (Drone:1)
The problem with that is import duty and taxes, usually they push the stuff over the price I can get it for here.
The 3dprint UK place seem good, and cheap too so I'll probably end up using them a lot. Plus they are UK based which is a huge benefit as far as time and shipping costs go.
Hi Rich I'm looking at these Makibox As I want to build something and its not tooooo expensive. Good forum on the site as well
I THINK pololu does 3D printing in UK.
Thanks Neil, they are really cheap... which is my concern since I've learned now that you get what you pay for.
Although at $200 for the printer and $16 for 1kg of PLA it could be worth a shot... Printer $200 2 x 1Kg PLA $32 $232 @ 0.642182 = 148.98 plus duty, taxes & shipping
That's not too bad, it's worth a look at least.
I wasn't happy with the first ARC Reactor I drew up so decided to start again from scratch
Much more detail on the inside (not shown, hard to get a good angle to show it) plus cutouts for LEDs to sit in it
It's not quite finished yet, I need to add some connectors to it so the top half can be removed from the bottom half and some tabs to it to hold it all in the chest of the RAD.
@Rich looking awesome! Your inspiring more creative robots using 3d printing! @wnstn60 thanks for the 3d link. I am betting on SILVER!
Thanks irobot, that's the plan
Hopefully if I can inspire people to play and build then we will end up with a massive library of robots. Plus this one is really to get me back into 3D cad and brush off my cobwebs. One small problem though is I screwed up with the diameter and it's twice the size it needs to me... nothing a little scaling wont fix though.
He picked white by the way, which is a little bland but never mind. If that's what he wants that's what he will get
@irobot check out instructables they many ideas on the ARC reactor and how to build them. www.instructables.com