Grandpa Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Saturn Trooper is supervising the construction of his new ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartzenegger Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 looks interesting! can you explain "the ride"thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 It's the start of my new space tracked vehicle. It will be an Autonomous microprocessor controled vehicle that will run around the floor and detect obstacles and take evasive measure to not hit them. It will have individual track drive using 2 servo motors and be controlled by 2 microprocessors.The picture is just the bare chassis without the body parts, weapons system, flashing LED's and of course the robot driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Okay. That is freakin' cool. What sort of weapons systems are we talking about? I'm partial to atomic distintegration rays, myself. I find they leave a lovely glow after they've been used -- you know, something to remind people that you've been there, you've raised a little hell (and razed a couple buildings), and maybe they should just turn around and go home. Kind of like the medieval tradition of leaving heads on spikes to warn potential trouble makers that they'd best head to some other town.You could always canibalize 1,000 glow in the dark watches (ca. 1920s) for the fissionable material (a la Bloom County, for those who remember that particular strip). Keep posting pictures, I'm very interested in watching this one come together. And if you could provide some information about how it works, the process involved in building/programming/etc., that'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I've been begging Gramps to build robots for about a year now. I have harrassed him with minor laser projects (help me make this, help me make that) which he grudgingly obliged on. I have inundated him with thousands of robot and space toy photos. I made him join Alphadrome. And, like the Plague, robots have finally infected him, and away he goes.... Look out!!! I have created a monster! Colin Clive: "It's.....ALIVE!" :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 dratomic,So far the federation has approved 2 each 4 barreled disintegrating ray battle guns, and a couple garden variety nuc missles:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Grampenstien!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 hahahaha......blame it on robert :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartzenegger Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 wow! really does sound awsome ! ill make sure to drop in with robert. :P i have a interactive r2-d2 like roberts it sounds kinda like it but improved upon!oh!!!i have been blaming any robot purchases lately on robert. ( wife says we are not aloud to hang together) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 wow! really does sound awsome ! ill make sure to drop in with robert. :P i have a interactive r2-d2 like roberts it sounds kinda like it but improved upon!oh!!!i have been blaming any robot purchases lately on robert. ( wife says we are not aloud to hang together) Hey Bart,your wife oughta be happy! I steered you away from those $1500 dollar robots and got you buying $100.00 R2D2s! Boy, some thanks! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.I. Gosses Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I can not sleep, I can not eat, I can not drink, I can not relax, I am holding my breath 'til I see the magic lasercutter and any other techno info relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(id) Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Careful Grandpa - I think you're over-exciting Henk! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 id,I'll wait until this weekend to cut out and post a picture of all the laser cut parts used to make Saturn Trooper:) Maybe Henk will calm down :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.I. Gosses Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Well if I remove all the tubes and the oxygenemask, I might just be able to type, ........ahhh! bang there is the nurse with that big syringe with sedatives again ...that I am mainly interested in the machine that does the cutting. C'me on Robert! Prod him!! and I'll send you a card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 Henk,I emailed you the link ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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