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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anyone looking for 6 volt battery for omnibot ,ebay i see has it for about $55 they are crazy found a few places for under $10 1 year guarantee $6.80 part # UB645
LOW COST UB645 BATTERY
@niek and others i designed h-bridge design and pcb boards all info in zip file,made this design awhile back and sold many boards if anyone needs to buy the boards let me know,more that buy the boards the lower the cost to have it made ,boards are in 2 parts ,main reason is that the board is universal logic circuit on one board and pwm h-bridge on another rated at 60 amp cont,but you can easy remove mosfets to save money,remove 4 of the 8 mosfets give you 30 amps i dont get money from this and dont need it HBRIDGE.zip files in bmp and sch
okay,
My birthday was last sunday so i finished it up in the weekend, my family was really impressed, it even served drinks from my homemade tray!
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[/img]So i'm still in the process of making videos, here is how i did the drive mechanism:
@niek happy birthday,right now i am still in china for a few more days ,1am here it looks good,i bought 2 of that omnibot and omnibot 2000 i getting from jstarne (josh) i got a lot of plans for mine adding my LEAF project inside it,plus changing his hands ,plus alot more i see the little guy likes his IPOD
@robotmaker
Thanks!
Brilliant!!!!!
i travel alot been all over the world,mostly need to get to netherlands my next big trip is in aug to ALASKA,small trip to tampa fla and clearwater to see winter the dolphin very big in animals,like zoo's plus mountain climbing,tampa going sky diving lessons
@robotmaker
If you ever get to the netherlands, be sure to visit me!