There is no control yet in this robot. However with the upgrades I'm planning for this robot, Synthiam ARC and the EZB are going to be center stage.
I was asked by a fellow Lost In Space and B9 Robot fan to help him rebuild his B9 Robot. He bought it a few years ago and was a bit overwhelmed in getting this poor old robot put together and working. I agreed to try to help and give it a try. I couldn't bring myself to see an old B9 Robot left to exist in boxes and never see the light of day again.
Hopefully this is the first of many videos documenting my journey rebuilding an old friend and a hero of my childhood.
Hopefully in a few months I can have him blinking, flashing and rattling off sound clips. Please enjoy this first of many video to come where I first see what I have to work with as I unpack and discover. LOL.
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The arms working is a big accomplishment. I am sure you will come up with some special movements for them.
That fan is very fortunate to have you available to work on that robot.
That is great you can interact with the B9 Club and cast.
Enjoy your BBQ, you deserve it.
Steve S
As far as animations go, I'm hoping I can come up with a satisfactory combination of voice, movements and emotions. This is not one of my strong areas. It's hard to make a reproduction with restrictions look and act like an old friend and hero from childhood.
Everything is working great now but I had some issues to work out. The rubber skin droops, puckers and it bunches up when the arm goes in and out.
I show here in this video how I solve this problem. Enjoy!
We are definitely make servo City rich, lol
EzAng
You are great at working things out, to make then run smooth.
Very clever fixes.
Steve S
Are you working at all on any of your robots? Anything new?
Working on a large bot this time...Quester 2.0
I keep turning to your videos for Inspiration! You are the Bot Master.
Thanks @Fxrtst, Will. The sliding rod really turned out good and does the trick. I liked a little bit of "sag" in the arms. It had the same look that the robot had back in the show when Bill May had his arms in there and puppeting the robot. However if there is a lot of sag then the arm bunch up underneath as the arm goes in.
Perry_S, For the robot's voice I used pre recorded sounds clips that the original actor, Dick Tufeld did years ago before he passed away. A little trivia about Dick, He also did the voice for Tony the Tiger in the Kellogg Cork Flakes commercials back in the day. As far as the clips of the different actors and robots my B9 does impressions of I recorded them from Lost In Space Blue rays, and other sound clips I had and found on the internet. I then cleaned them up and resampled them in the sound program Audacity.
Amazing how you turned that into an awesome robot. I like how there was an option for RC control for safe maneuvering.
Great video and it shows your work that was accomplished.
Thanks for sharing.
Steve S
EzAng