I hear ya on that Seamus,
I was stuck making board after board when I was building my sensor board project.
I am going to try to build up my brat to see how it works. If it gets to heavy or what ever, I still can use the parts for other projects. Gota love the SES concept! 8)
I have a biped with arms that iāve been working on now and then.
The wife calls him Gimpy so thatās itās name. ( Thatās because he walks kind of weird looking.
Iām using Hitec and Futaba servoās of various typesā¦
10 HS-5645MGās legs
6 FP-S148 armās
2 generic for tilt and pan head
It has a Lynx Torso configured horizontal instead of vertical with a wireless cam mounted in a usb webcam housing.
Iām using a SSC-32 controller with RoboRealm and Lynx software.
Itās connected with umbilical cords at this time but Iāve experimented with
serial radioās and bluetooth which both worked to certain degree.
Iām not using any sensors at this time ( for balance and such ) but have been able to make him walk.
I have pics but iām not sure how to upload them yet.
( go figure heyā¦I can build a mini-me humanoid but canāt upload a picture )javascript:emoticon(ā:oops:ā)
Embarassed
Check this post for information on uploading and posting images and links.
Hereās the link for information on how to post links and images:
Oops - thanks for actually posting the link, Mike! Heh, I mustāve gotten distrac-- oooh, hey, look! A butterfly!
LOL!
Ok, so Iāve setup an account with photobucket and uploaded my pics.
Iāve tried to post the link but donāt know if Iām doing it right.
I keep getting the " To prevent spammers bla,bla,bla,
I know youāll like the picturesā¦well, ma-bey someday Iāll be a computer nerd.
I know, itās tough being a non computer nerd, but someone has to do it.
Hereās 3 pics of Gimpy
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc277/Roboguy_2007/gimpy004.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc277/Roboguy_2007/gimpy008.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc277/Roboguy_2007/gimpy007.jpg
WOW! 
Very cool biped! Do you have any videos too?
Nice work!
Nice.
Looking at the leg geometry, I assume that youāre stepping by shifting the weight onto one foot and then rotating the hips? As it looks like that would rotate the entire body with it as well, I can see how the name āgimpyā might apply. I like the fact that it can turn without resorting to foot-slide though.
Looks good - Iāll second the request for video of this bot in action.
That is an awsome Biped! Looks like a cool upgrade to a BRAT.Super Cool! 8)
Thatās a sweet little biped. It has kind of a Mechwarrior vibe. Very cool! 8)
It will take me awhile to get a video together and I will post it when I have it done.
And yes Seamus he does walk by shifting the weight to either side and lifting the opposite foot then rotating the down facing hip shafts.
The more I fine tune with SEQ the better the walk. As you can see he can strike some really neat poses and I do more playing with it than actually refining the walk but now that Iāve settled with this version of " Gimpy " Iām going to focus on some good sequences and a wireless bot-board.
Iām glad I could share the pics ( finally ) with everyone and I canāt say enough praises about the wealth of information that I find posted on this site.
WOW!
You did an awesome job! Another prime example of the flexibility of the SES brackets. I was looking at your pictures and marveling and the clever configuration, I am truly impressed!
Did you have to modify the biped PETE torso?
Great design, and itās one you can call your very own!
Nothing has modifiedā¦all parts are stock SES except for the piece of tin on the breast plate.
I did a couple of web cam videoās ā¦not that greatā¦but these are Gimpyās first photo and movie shoots to date, and first steps.
Hope these links work.
i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc277/Roboguy_2007/th_fighting.jpg
i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc277/Roboguy_2007/th_walking.jpg
Thereās got to be a better way to put videoās on hereā¦I just donāt know howā¦ 
There isnāt, sorry. Images and videos must be hosted somewhere else and linked to from here if you want to make them available.
8-Dale
The links work.
Great videos and you did a fantastic job with the sequence. How did you get the head servo in the torso? did you cut out a section for this?
Have you tried Youtube? itās not that hard to use.
The head servo has to have the mounting tabs trimmed off to fit and it does stick out the front about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inchā¦the curved piece of brushed aluminum covers it nicely. That servo could be almost any servo that fits, itās just one that I had kicking around nothing specialā¦a mini with some wedges would also work.
Inside the web cam housing is a micro mini for the up and down movement.
Iāve not tried Youtube but if the Photobucket thing works then Iāll just use it.
As well as Jim Frye the robot guy who designed all the SES components.
