Wall-e From Czech Republic

donesvarc

Czech Republic
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The first real but not main reason for Wall-E construction was that my son loves movie Wall-E and the second one was that I lost my son because of his abduction by his mother from his home and subsequent divorce in a country where the law is just a piece of paper. This (Wall-E robot construction) was and is a way I could be with my son.

So back to the project. Wall-E from Louis T was an inspiration for me. But I found own way how to solve construction challenges, how to replace wrong or destroyed servos etc.

List of necessary parts: EZB Board V3 Metal gear digital high speed modified continuous servos for wheels - HS5245MG Micro metal gear servos for wheels tilt -HS81MG. Mini metal gear servos for vertical arms movements - HS81MG. Micro servos for horizontal arms movement -HS56HB. Micro metal gear servo for vertical neck tilt -DS-939MG. Micro metal gear servo for horizontal neck movements-HS81MG. Micro servos for individual eye movement DYS 0202. Sub-micro servos/mods for eye's lid animation HK 282 with voltage regulator 5V/3,3V. Get rid of dummy cables in the head, run all servos/camera wires from head down the same way and use heat shrink/black nylon mesh for realistic look. Red and white high power LEDs between eyes. Mock up left eye's lens. Analog Sharp GP2Y0D805Z0F IR Range Sensor HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Range Finder Wirelless 2,4G camera 199MP3 Module SD memory card Dual 3W amplifier BT module BEC 5V separate power supply for amplifier LiIon Battery monitor and old toy U-Command Wall-E from eBay LiIon Accu - 3,4Ah 7,2V and with protection circuit 5A

One image replaces a thousand words, so now I will use pictures with short description:

  1. Dissasembly:

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  2. Installation of 1st Floor

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  3. For installation of hands I used little bit different approach then Louis T

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  4. Installation of 2nd Floor

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  5. Installation of 3rd Floor and Neck

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6.Installation of Head with Eyes

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7.Electronic circuit installation

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First proposal was not good

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Accu was too big and heavy

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I had to find another solution - smaller 2 accus LiIon 18650 Panasonic 3,4Ah cells with protection circuit

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Smalll update of Head -Eyes moving

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Better solution with final placement of cables, mp3 circuit, comm BT

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First charging process

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Charging connector and Wall e looking at my son

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Video with Wall-E object recognition and sensor tests will follow...

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#25  

I was curious how you did the voice. So I want him to say my name in the Wall-E tone that he says his name or something. I can type a set of replies in the program and he will say those words in his voice. Does anyone have a suggestion for this?

#26  

@sgavit11 He's using Wall-e sounds that you can find doing an internet search... Most people who have done the wall-e project just collect Wall-e sounds (wave or mp3) and use them with ARC's sound board control....

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Belgium
#27  

sgavit11

here are sounds off wall E and some others to.

soundboard

to download from ez cloud.choose the one calt soundboard.

#28  

I already collected all the wall e sounds available on the internet. But I wanted wall-E's actual voice for any sentence that I might want him to say.

#29  

Hmmm, didn't know wall-e had an actual voice. I thought his entire vocabulary was all just sound affects created for the movie... However, If you do find a computer voice of Wall-e like Microsoft David or Anna please let us know... That would be very interesting....

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Belgium
#30  

i dont think wall E have actully voice only a few words like eva.

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#31  

Yes it is true. You need for the creation of new words or sentences voice synthesizer and it is not easy. However Wall-e knows only words from the movie, then it would not be Wall-e:D

#32  

Hi Donesvarc, First say that is an amazing job and you inspired me to buid one.

Following your job and Adria Garcia (http://diymakers.es/wall-e/#prettyPhoto), I'm trying to build my one Wall-e, but I'm having troubles to define low cost servo motors without loose quality, due Hitec seems really expensive.

How much cost all servomotors that you mention? And also, where you bought them? At hobbyking? Here at local stores, price of hitec is doubled:(, so I will have to find a european provider that have all range of servos.

By the way, I understood that requires to be metallic gears and digital to avoid tilt and be broken gears.

You believe that power hd servos could be an alternative servo to reduce costs?