roboz Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 This is still more or less a pipe dream however still plugging away at it Leaning towards using a smoker as a donor chassis The overall robot is probably a bit taller than the smoker but that can be compensated for with the body & having batteries in the legs helps with balance My instincts tells me the prototype in the museum is non functional but so far i can envision a new version of the robot walking & head splitting open but the head inside just constantly spinning So mechanical savants please chime in if this can possibly be set up to walk , stop , head splits open , shows the face walks again , stops , head opens again & the other side is revealed Seems like an engineering feet to me , I'd have as much success at figuring out FTL travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Wow, good luck with that one oz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hey Oz, Like I told you before, I have been working on this project for a while. I started the other way around. I have the ideas and schematics for the mechanism figured out. walking, opening head, kaleidoscope lights and face show up at 180 degrees rotation every time the doors open up. My idea is based on an existing robot and I strongly believe that the prince was made on this platform as well. Even better, I already have the mechanism for the Prince ready :) There is only one adjustment needed for the rotating head at 180 and 360 degrees function. This solution is however simple to add to this mechanism. I see that I dont need to draw the files for the prince anymore, only need to adjust them ! hahahaha. Cheers Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 A fascinating project. Any guesses about Marco's donor robot? Dino obviously has part of the action. I don't recall seeing that mechanism before and can't work out what it does. I'm not surprised you're both working on it. With the new technology an iconic piece like this is going to be recreated many times over. I think that John's example of using stepper motors will solve the problem of the head mechanism - the jerky action is what they do best. I prefer the approach of building from scratch so that you don't need to source mechanisms. This would also keep the cost down considerably. The head will presumably be sculpted in clay then cast from a mold - unless Mr Kitahara lets you scan the original. One to watch, gents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 I don't know the mechanism shown, Marco will have to chime in I forgot about these cheaper dino's as a source of head opening mechanisms DINO BOT My goal is to not re-invent the wheel w/respects to mechanism / action Who knows if that's possible ? As you get deeper into these projects at least from my perspective you realize that prototypes can be improved upon without sacrificing the essence of the toy For instance you can add rivets making it easier to paint & they line up symmetrically or you can try to duplicate the hap hazard nature of the hand painted prototype Some collectors may like the charm of the faithful original but to duplicate it 100% might not be feasible or practical Also in the attached pic you realize how large this robot is on the scale of a mr mercury appx So IMO the smoker serves as a good stable platform The nice thing is that members here can provide input , suggestions , ideas etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Some progress , was lucky to get the exact dimensions , haven't decided on the head may be sculpted & a mold also the name may change , suggestions ? Goal is to have a complete body mock up printed soon & then address the actions , mechanism etc Thanks Robert on the smoker , has been very helpful ! 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Still alive ( the project ....& me I suppose ) Some of you may know I had a few hospital stays since February due to some kidney issues so this project has been delayed however some progress still made & hopefully will accelerate in the coming weeks The leg mockups were just to scale to the donor Smoker Robert was kind enough to send me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkrobot Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Another great 3D project. Hope you are feeling better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 3:02 PM, Sparkrobot said: Another great 3D project. Hope you are feeling better. Thanks Spark making some progress , if this ever gets completed I'll focus on simple tiny pin walkers or something WAY less complicated If any thing at all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Zerox Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 That's a nice looking Robot you are making there Roboz I hope you are over your kidney issues and feeling better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Looking forward to the final results, Oz! Print a new kidney while you are at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBODUDE Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Wow !!!! Looks great--Glad you are feeling better too. I am not familiar with this robot , but it is a really cool design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Slow but progressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Looking good, Oz. It's the mechanism that's the real killer. Using existing geared electric motors I'm hard pushed just to get walking legs and moving arms. Anything more than that is going to be very difficult. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Thanks Brian , not alone on the mechanics so hoping that gets figured out the head is a challenge , leaning towards a clay model , & silcone mold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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