Next Hack - Robot B9

bret.tallent

USA
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Now that I have finished B.O.B., my get your feet wet bot, I have begun my next hack. This next robot will bridge the gap between Bob and my ultimate big robot. I am starting with a remote controlled B9 toy from Trendmasters. It was very limited in what it did, and the drive section was pathetic, but it was B9!

Before Pics:

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Note: the front "lights" in the chest plate is actually just a decal.

Here is what B9 looks like now:

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I have mounted clear LEDs in the appropriate colors in the chest at the bottom of the decal and have a flashing circuit that will blink them in the combination as seen on the series. Where the two large round circles are (white domes on the big guy) I will have my ping sensor. I have mounted pager motors in the antenna housings to turn the "sensors" as seen in the TV version. I have mounted red El Wire to his voice plate to emulate the original as well. I have also mounted a series of blinking LEDs to the "brain" section in the bubble.

Next is to work on the rotation of the bubble and torso, articulate the arms and claws, and make a real functioning tread section. For the tread section I am adapting the base from my RAD robot. I will keep you posted with pics as I proceed.

Thanks,

Bret

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#305  

i think i will be able to cast it,i only have white pigment dye or clear for the acrylic resin

#306  

Thanks robotmaker. I will need to paint it anyway. Let me know how much you want for it. I just got some resin, but I haven't ever made copies of parts yet.

Thanks Bret for finding me help so fast.

#307  

MCSDAVER will look at building the mold this week,havent started to tear down the B9 robot but looking to start doing some casting of my omnibot project,and moulding clay i can use over and over for many casting projects,MOSTLY WILL BE ABOUT THE COST OF THE RESIN not shore how much i have ,may need to buy more

#309  

So I found some scraps of black ABS at work and cut my claws out this weekend. After a lot of sanding and filing I think they are good. I am going to modify some PVC fittings to use as cuffs for the ends of the arms, then I can attach my claw assemblies. I'll upload pics as I make more progress.

#310  

Cool sounds like he is coming together. Have you got the rubber for the arms yet? I would love to see his arms together and working. They finally shipped my B9 today. So I hope to have it soon.

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Here the motorcycle fork boots I am using for my arms. I just had to cut them down to size.

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Next to this one is the original arm and claw off the B9 toy.

Then I modified a couple of drain pipe fittings to use as the cuffs on the end of the arm.

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Next I cut my claws out of ABS and made a notch in each half with a forstner bit.

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and here is the claw before paint.

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Next I will finish the cuffs and install the claw mechanism on that. Then mount that onto the end of my arms.

#312  

sometime soon hope to work on mine,right now working on my 6 MILLION DOLLAR OMNIBOT and not going to cost that much only in strength,like the movie series alot will be using very light weight aluminium for many reason ,biggest it easy to attach arm motors ,circuit boards and more,plus a lot stronger then fiberglass or plastic,still will have the outer body of omnibot sam looking to do the same on the B9 ROBOT even the claws,except for covering will be plastic