Giant Robot Project

Ok, soo.... I'm working on a big robot. Its a spider tank style deal. ..almost finished. I've been working on it for a while. Actually, i have 26 youtube videos on it. Here's the first one...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Krv3gE-c4


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/giant-robot-project

i think that this one is not
i think that this one is not a robot but could be a blog entry on lmr

hmm… not a robot? what
hmm… not a robot? what is it? Is this going to turn into one of those annoying "what is a robot?" discussions?

Hi Jamie, I saw your spider

Hi Jamie, I saw your spider robot ages back and followed the videos. Nice to have you on LMR!

There was a forum post a few months ago with the video of your model spidertank and the poster wanted to know how it worked. I put up a quick pic of what I thought the mechanism inside was like. I wonder if you could critique it? Tell me if Im on the right track? :)</p><p>(Im not looking to steal your idea. I, like most other roboteers love to know how things work.)

edit: found it. And it was already linked in the other thread anyway.

cool
i dont care how it works just that it does work;) whens 27 coming out?

wohoo!! Jaimie is here!and i

wohoo!! Jaimie is here!

and i LOVE this project! i’ve seen all your videos about this! :smiley:

Awsome!!!
My wife and I just started to watch the videos and love your documentation! As Red Green always says “If the women don’t find ya handsome, they’ll at least find ya handy”…LOL

**you are crazy **

you are crazy

 

no, he’s determined… and
no, he’s determined… and rightfully so


I would just love to see a huge version of that going down my street.

Your design is very nice,

spider-1.jpg

spider-2.jpg

spider-3.jpg

Your design is very nice, but we have made a little change on the head part, maybe it brings more smart feeling.

How do you think about it?

Hope everybody will like it.

i like it…but maybe it

i like it…

but maybe it should be just a little less… ehh… wall-e? maybe a mix of jaimie’s head and this!

it’s also good if those eyes were range-finders!:smiley: (but thats allready the plan, right?)

**I think its cool. **

I think its cool. Actually, the fac that the thing can walk in any direction makes it perfect for going toward targets, or around obstacels and things like that. It gives a lot of options for IR sensors and stuff like that. A wireless camera ontop would be cool too.

Really, I figure half the people who’d want one of these will make whatever kind of head they want on it. :slight_smile:

Jaimie

We have made a new one : )

We have made a new one : )

spider_0623-1.jpg

I’m sort of hoping someone

I’m sort of hoping someone else will chime in here. :stuck_out_tongue: I’m not big on aesthetics. I make things work, and they generally end up looking pretty good. I rarely put extraneous things on them. You guys are the marketting geniuses, though. I’d say go with what you think will work well. :slight_smile: Actually… it is nice to have something on the head indicating which direction its facing. …since there’s no actual front or back to the body.

 

Walking in the woods
Great project, but how will it get around all the trees? :slight_smile:

Around? Pssh, it will go
Around? Pssh, it will go THROUGH the trees.

Standing on 3 of its legs! I
Standing on 3 of its legs! I am dieing to see it walk. Can’t wait for the next video segment

ya… heh heh. I’m kinda
ya… heh heh. I’m kinda busting my butt on this thing. must remember to breath…

Just got done with #33
Just got done watching #33. Jamie, you’re the man.