Sunshine Is Back In Town

Hey Steve, I have disassembled Sunshine because she just did not live up to my expectations. Sunshine (R.I.P.).

I may not be building any more. I am trying to purchase a Pepper robot. I would like to just operate them as I am not able to build much any more. My Passion is still there, though.

Mel doing a big robot is a huge undertaking for anyone. You should work with smaller robots that are more manageable. You spent a ton of time on some thing and didn't get your results. Why not get a JD kit or ROLI to experiment with? Or find a ultimate walle? I guess what I am saying is to go premade as much as possible and I think you will be much happier with your results and entertainment value as well.

Thanks Josh, I am planning on purchasing another Factory robot, The Pepper. I have a passion for robots and Singularity. I have a hard time accepting the robots and expect more from them than I should. I have been told that I should LOWER my expectations.

The problem that I was having with Sunshine was that when tested, everything worked fine. But, did not work all together as a whole. After investing SO much money in her, Her batteries went dead Costing Hundreds of more dollars. The plastic parts were not strong enough causing them to snap. I should have used metal. But, it was so much Bleeding (money) that I had to put a stop to it.

As an analogy, I realized that my building Sunshine was like me trying to build a spaceship to go to mars. I would do fine at building little rockets that go up in the air and blow up. But, I haven't got the resources, monies, or man power to get a spaceship built. I live in a small apartment with hardly any room. It is like building an full size airplane in your kitchen or dining room and after you get it built, there is no way to get it out of your house.

It is just a Fantasy that I have had since I was a kid.

At my age , it is time to grow up and separate Fiction from Reality.

All of my small robots have worked just fine. And the EZ-Robot products are Great. I would recommend them to anyone.

@MovieMaker

(although shipping costs would probably kill me) if you are interested in selling the remaining parts of Sunshine, particularly the Jazzy base, email me with a list of parts available and what you would like to get for them. Money is a little tight this time of year, but I might be interested in the spring time. Email address is in my profile.

Alan

Mel, Sorry to hear about Sunshine R.I.P. I understand your frustration. You have had many great projects and ideas. I would be very careful of purchasing an expensive robot that will cost even more to maintain. If you purchase an EZ Robot JD, you can still tinker, operate, and program routines. It would be hard to find a humanoid robot with all the capabilities of JD for the price. I broke down and ordered one because it had so much to offer. I plan to use it having the grandkids learning robotics and involved with routines. You can access existing JD routines and I am sure there will be many more great routines for JD on the cloud in the future. Down the road maybe the AIMEC ALTAIR robot will be available if you want another, and still use EZ Robot. Steve S

Good to hear from you Steve, and Thanks for your Support.

I will probably tinker with the million parts I have laying around.

Alan, the shipping has went up 2-3 times. The shipping would KILL you.