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when I was a kid I always liked to build those wooden dinosaur/dragon/spider kits. You know the ones that all linked together, no glue needed. I would pretend they would come to life and stuff like that. Well thanks to EZ Robot I am now making my dreams come true. I am building an animatronic Dragon in the same style as those wooden kits. I am using white plastic garbage cans as the main material for this build, I am also using some light wood for the main body to screw everything on to. Here is what I have so far.
Testing size of wing.
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and thanks.
Well, really not having fun with this now. I am trying to use my ps3 controller to control my robot. I can get the joystick#1 to move forward/backward and left/right. But when I try to add some buttons everything goes nuts. This what I have set up. Robot dragon.. Joystick#1 up/down controls head up/down. Joystick#1 left/right controls head left/right
Then I wanted two buttons to control left and right wings. I tried the L1 and L2 buttons and then I tried the Square and Circle buttons. They both worked seperatly, but then when I try to move the head and press the buttons all the servos start acting crazy and I get the error message 'Disgard incoming buffer (This should never happen)' and then I lose connection with the EZ board.
So all in all not very happy that I will not be able to do what I wanted with this build.
@familyman>
Thought you might like this video.
Bionic Handling Assistant
@familyman it sounds like you are drawing too much current that your power supply can handle, please try upgrading your battery or wall wart to something that can deliver more current. 7.4V LiPo batteries are great for robotic applications and can be found at most RC hobby stores. Hope that helps
you should be able to search the forums for other ways people here in the forums have solved this issue.
Yup definitely not enough power!. I am now running baby dragon off of a wall outlet and not having any problems now. I just had him outside plugged in for over 30 minutes and played with him on and off for over 15 minutes and had no glitches or reset's. Here are a few more videos of him outside today. Just baby Dragon..
Baby Dragon with Xbox controller..I totally dig this project
Thanks man, that means a lot. In fact that goes out to everyone who has been kind enough to comment and help out. I know this is not the normal kind of robot most people build. I have been building replica props for about 3 years now and like I have said this is my first try at anything with electronics in. I work on little to no budget, The only way I was able to get the EZB was from my parents, my kids and a great wife who gave me early Christmas/Birthday money lol. Not including the cost of the EZB I have spent around $40 on this build an most of that was for some micro servos and 2 higher torque ones. This community has really made me feel welcome and the fact that so many people are so eager to help out is great. Not only that but having DJ Sures answering peoples questions as well really shows the level of care and dedication to the product and the customer.
@familyman, Can I ask about the xbox controller? As in, is it connected to your PC via bluetooth? Is the code available somewhere? I'm very interested in that. I still think this is just such a super cool project.
Thanks