I loved the idea about modding my own omnibot so i found one on ebay and bought it
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!
thank you!
Here comes the head
What a beautiful baby..
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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Thanks! Appreciate it
good job!, do not give up when you find a problem, sure here you will not lack support.
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!
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
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.
Great vid.....those screws on your omni looked like they were in there pretty tight......Very well done!
Thanks,
The screws were REALLY tight, took me almost 20 minutes for 6 screws blush
"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!!!
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 