Hello everyone! My name is Sebastian, I am from Sweden and I thought today would be a good day to introduce myself to this community.
I’ve actually been lurking around these forums quite actively for about a year now, but as I did not have the time to start my own journey into robotics, I decided to remain quiet until a time when I would be able to start working on my own projects. Meanwhile I’ve been visiting the EZ-Robot forums frequently, keeping an eye on what kind of projects you guys work on, and watching you solve one problem after another helping each other as a community has been very encouraging to follow!
Today I am happy to present my first robot that I’ve been working on for some time, the robot is a retro-style silver metallic coloured humanoid that goes by the name Dorian. Standing straight it is about 40 cm tall (1’4) and is built with parts mainly coming from the JD set. I bought a JD in order to get a feel for the ARC environment and these products, and after trying some things out I decided to use the parts to make my own robot instead, adding a couple extra servos and also an ultrasonic sensor.
I’ve designed the chassis myself, but used the STL files for the servo brackets and such to make my life easier. In some cases I’ve made some modifications to them like when designing hands for the robot, using some of the designs from the EZ-Robot hand and expanding on that design to make it the way I wanted it to be for Dorian.
I’ve never built or programmed robots before and from what I’ve seen so far I have picked the best place to start learning, so I’m very excited to start experimenting with this little robot and getting to know all of you better!
Other robots from Synthiam community
JT's Jts Robie Sr.
DJ's JD Humanoid Puppet
Are we going to see a video of him in action someday?
The kitty looks absolutely unimpressed and maybe a little irritated about his new rival.
Your retro robot is very cool. I love his style. Very classic. When you get some time I'd love to see a video of him moving around and your choice of his voice.
Love the photo with the cat,
Do you have a video of the robot in action?
Chris.
@Richard R
The cat's name is Strumpan ( translates "the sock" ) and she is indeed not very interested in sharing her blanket, haha.
@Dj Sures
You will definitely be seeing videos of the robot in action in the future! I've already begun planning some upgrades for Dorian and those new servos are definitely one of them.
@Dave Schulpius
I was making decent progress on the walking animation before going away so hopefully I'll have him walking around soon enough to make a video and show you. I'm still in the process of choosing which voice to go with but I've narrowed it down to a few alternatives so I'm getting close.
@thetechguru
She just barely tolerates Dorian at the moment so maybe I should give him a laser pointer too... good idea, thanks!
@CochranRobotics
Thanks! I'm sure I will have a good time learning with it as well.
@cem
Sadly no videos of the robot in action yet, I did make a quick video introducing the robot once it was assembled but I didn't have time to do much coding or animations before going away. I'll get to that as soon as I'm back home.
@JustinRatliff
I haven't thought about it actually, but I don't see a reason why not. I'm making some small changes still and will be re-printing a few parts soon, so once I've made the changes and I'm happy with them I'd be glad to share the .stl files if someone wants to take a look.
@rb550f
Thank you, I'm really looking forward to getting to know everyone better!
@WilliamK
Thanks! If I managed to do it I'm sure you could as well, hehe. Made lots of painful mistakes and still feel like there are lots of improvements to be made, but it is a start.
any video's reddy ?
There are a couple videos of him on my youtube-channel but your timing is actually great since I am going to be uploading some new content very soon.
How is your darth jader coming along?
Great to see your project out there! It must have been very rewarding once you have seen him completely assembled!
Did you get him to do some cool stuff in the meantime?