I haven't jumped onto the 3D printing bandwagon yet, but I know a lot of you have.
I was thinking, wouldn't it be super cool to have a 3D printable version of our beloved Logobot?
It would be a fun project, and a great little printed object to test your printers, give as gifts, or make up for events like Maker Faire.
I'm watching through some 3D modeling tutorials, but it may be a while until I can pull this off. Maybe one of you are up for the challenge. I hear you are all very talented. ; j
I would suggest that the model include the Let's Make Robots name in addition to the Logobot.
Some creative adaptation might be needed in order to include some of the interesting brain texture and not just have the outer surface of the bowl. There are a couple of existing brain objects on thingiverse.com, and that might be a place to start.
Let me know if you would love your very own 3D printed LMR mascot! If enough people want them, perhaps one or more LMRians will give the model a try.
I'd make this an official challenge, but I'm not prepared to say I could do it myself... yet. Still, I'm sort of throwing down the gauntlet to see if someone will pick it up.
At first I thought, ugg --overhangs… After a bit more looking, Its really not that bad… Its a total of 4 pieces,
Base and dome, printed as they sit now (printed as one part)
Sonar, printed on its back, sonar “cans” pointing up
Tracks, printed on their side, hubs pointing up (each printed individually)
As far as I see, there would be not problem printing it in this configuration. If you wanted to get fancy, you could break things up even more for different colors.
