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« Thread Started on Aug 7, 2004, 9:53pm »

hope u haven't glued that head together, I'd drill hole's in it with a holesaw for weight reduction and space for future wiring.

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« Reply #1 on Aug 7, 2004, 10:38pm »

I think Bones' intends it to be metal finally

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« Reply #2 on Aug 9, 2004, 1:10pm »

Weight isn't a concern. I just got the drive motors from Oatley. I got 2x100W, 2x200W and waiting on the 2x300W scooter motors. If a 100W motor in a scooter can pull me around and I'm 6'4" and 100Kg. Two 300W motors will be able to pull the robot no worries at all.
I'm just prototyping in wood at the moment to get sizing etc.
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« Reply #3 on Aug 9, 2004, 3:04pm »

I also got my order from Oatley today.

I highly recommend the $24 Packard Bell Remote controls. They plug into your PC and there is free software for them - I got my working within 10 minutes of receiving it.

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« Reply #4 on Aug 9, 2004, 10:17pm »

I assumed it was smaller....maybe in future photos we could place a matchbox or CD in the photo for a scale.

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« Reply #5 on Aug 10, 2004, 1:18am »

The whole robot is full size. It will stand about 5 foot high. The body will be the dimentions of a 6 foot male.
All the joints will have full movement and some a bit more than a human. Later down the track it will have skin. Silicon rubber molded skin. Last longer than latex.
If your wondering yes I have done work like this before. I have worked with animatronics and latex special effects.
Hopefully it will turn out ok. But it will be a bit of a project and learning.
But hey thats what it's all about. Learning, changing things a hundred times, getting ideas off people and helping other people with there projects.

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« Reply #6 on Aug 10, 2004, 10:02am »

That reminds me of the quote from Terminator 1

<Pararphased>
At first we could tell them apart due to their rubber skin but now Cyberdyne is growing human flesh over metal endo skeletons and we use the dogs to tell them apart
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Then in his flashback, a terminator starts killing everyone....hmmmm

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« Reply #7 on Aug 10, 2004, 10:15am »

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But hey thats what it's all about. Learning, changing things a hundred times, getting ideas off people and helping other people with there projects.

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That's good to hear, I wasn't sure weather to start this thread because I didn't want to step on anyone's toe's or discourage them from there work/hobby.

Maybe in the SAY HI forum we should state what skills we have because Silicon rubber moulded skin is something that deserver's it's own forum.

I was a tool maker/designer for a few years and I thought it would be easier to get a foam head like they display hats/wigs on in shops, pin aluminium foil to it to make up the look u want, then use the foil for template's for thicker alum like a drink can, then cut up one of those oldman rubber masks u buy at fun shops to cover any blemish's.
That's it in a nut shell
BTW while I'm learning electronics(used a multimeter the first time last week and I'm 38yo...ya)I'm also looking into plastic moulding that can be done easily at home.
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« Reply #8 on Aug 10, 2004, 1:00pm »

Let age be no barrier!

BTW have you embarked upon microcontrollers yet?

If not then check out http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/

These really do allow you to create powerful / useful circuits without having to design every last action (ie you control the PICAXE with code you write on your PC and load it in)

So if you want blinking LED you don't have to use capacitors etc you just wire the LED to the leg of the PICAXE and write a program that says to turn on wait for 2 seconds, turn off and wait for two seconds, then loop.

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