Niek's Omnibot Adventure

Niek

Netherlands
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I loved the idea about modding my own omnibot so i found one on ebay and bought it:P

My initial plan is pretty basic, just put in some servo's for the head and arms, i have an H-bridge for the movement and put in a camera.

I bought it for about $51 and $64 shipping, but I ended up paying an extra $45 on import duties (which I think is ridiculous because it's not even sold anymore) I just got the box with my omnibot (it was shipped inside a burger king box ):

Look at all those stamps!

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thank you!

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Here comes the head

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What a beautiful baby..

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Fortunately, he wasn't that discoloured from the sun so I just washed him and didn't have to repaint.

Here's the entire collection of video's. Please excuse my poor English, I wasn't doing bilingual education back when I shot these:

I'm currently working on renovating him. He was very poorly glued together and his arms snapped off. I'm planning to release a final video before my visit to EZ-Robot in July.

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Netherlands
#9  

Thanks! Appreciate it:D

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Spain
#10  

good job!, do not give up when you find a problem, sure here you will not lack support.:)

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Synthiam
#11  

Dude you sure have a great work space! Very organized. I can understand you just fine:)

Excited to see your progress. The videos are a great idea. Very friendly and informative. Keep'm coming!

PS, how old are you? I think you might be one of the youngest robot builders i've ever met!

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Netherlands
#12  

Thanks, it really means a lot hearing that from you,

I'm 13 years old (14 next month) so i'm hoping to finish my omnibot so he can serve drinks at my birthday:D I ordered some 20kg/cm servo's for in the arms.

As for my workspace, It was really messy before so i decided to buy lots of little drawers and i organized and labeled everything.

#13  

Great vid.....those screws on your omni looked like they were in there pretty tight......Very well done!

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#14  

Thanks,

The screws were REALLY tight, took me almost 20 minutes for 6 screws blush

#15  

"Dude you sure have a great work space! Very organized." DJ, you took the words right outta my mouth! lol Great Vid Lyron! Good luck with your Omni Build!!!

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#16  

Just bought an eee-pc i'm going to put inside omni,

Now i can also use a better quality camera since it doesn't have to be wireless anymore:) I could also use a usb->ttl converter in stead of bluetooth :D