Hey Guys,
I've read lots on the forum, and posted a hand full of times, but I thought it was about time I launched my first major project (well, my second really, I converted a wall-e, but I thought there was enough of those on here
).
So here is announcing OmniMC, an Omnibot 2000 media centre
The idea is to make him all RC and to also house a Raspberry PI running RaspBMC as the media centre bit. I'll then add some speakers and maybe some under-bot lighting
I'm wondering if then I can control the whole thing with one of these:
Other than that, I'm kinda just winging it and seeing what other bits and pieces I come up with.
To start with though, I've done the usual thing of gutting him and sticking him through the dishwasher
So right now, he is prepped and ready to go.
I've already got my EZ-Robot kit, and a few components such as 6v battery
Some blue replacement bulbs
My Raspberry PI (which arrived today) and I've just won a screen for his chest
While I'm waiting for some other bits, I've also been looking at making some replacement tires which you can see details of in one of my other posts
So that's pretty much the state of play at the moment. I'm pretty much a novice at all this, so I'm looking forward to the challenge. Lets see if I've bitten off more than I can chew
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He @josh no worries, same happens on with my phone, but I knew what you ment
I'll try and mock up what I'm thinking. Admittedly I can't say I've thought much about how exactly to mount it, but I figure that's gotta be easier to work out than converting the original claws
Speaking of i would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have the claws if your not going to use them. My doggy chewed on some parts she shouldn't have
Hey @josh, sure thing. I'll let you know what I decide.
So, it's a bit rough, but hopefully gives you the idea
Or maybe a mock up would help?
Haha, if only I had the cash, these would be awesome!
@Matt That head pan & tilt looked great! I still have the upper torso and head from my RAD that I want to do the same with. Do you plan on making some sort of a flexible neck cover or just leave it as is?
Hey @gunner. I've been looking on ebay at flexible ducting. You can get white or silver 100mm ducting pretty easily, so I reckon that might be the way to go. Would be cool to find some grey stuff though. The original stuff does fit, but it's not really made to flex, so when he tips his head back, you get gaps, so that's why some flexible ducting would be better.
I think @bret.tallent used some form of automotive shock or CV boot for his B9 arms... seemed to work great.
Hey @Gunner, the problem I have found with most automotive ducting is that it just doesn't have the diameter needed. I'd love to use this for instance:
Air Ducting Flexi Induction Cold Hot Intake Pipe
But it's only 76mm diameter which wouldn't be enough. The minimum you would need would be 90mm (and that would be a tight fit)
@josh another option for the hand could be to just use a standard pan tilt mech, then have one fixed finger, and one moveable one: