This is a continuation of my original thread, "Niek's Omnibot Adventure".
Though I technically finished my omnibot about a year ago, I was too impatient to take the time and put it together well. He was roaming around for a while before both his shoulders broke off (they were put on using hot glue). This is how he'd been spending the last year:
My recent visit to EZ-Robot reminded me how great building robots is. That's why I decided to completely take apart and rebuild my omnibot. Here's what I plan on doing:
1. Fixing his shoulders, wrists and claw. 2. Laser-cutting a volt- and ammeter panel to replace the fake tape deck. 3. Building a new mount for his head servo. Before I used popsickle sticks, so as you can imagine it didn't rotate very smoothly. 4. Making the wire a bit less messy. 5. Replacing the dead battery.
Wish me luck
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I know nothing about fixing robots but I recently acquired my 80s omnibot robot looks just like your pictures. Everything is intact just unsure if the battery would still work and missing the charger. Any suggestions to get him back and running without too much technical jargon??
Oh man! You've come to the right place. Check out the Synthiam Youtube page, @DJ has a number of videos on hacking his Omnibot, also search around this community and you'll find a bunch of Omnibot hacks.
I guess I should ask: are you looking for making the Omnibot better? Or are you just looking for restoration resources?
I dont want to get too fancy to start with since I am complete rookie so just restoration for starters.
I would recommend that after you do some restoration definitely dip your toes into trying some hacks, especially for the Omnibot arms. It gives the Omnibot so much more life and character!