Gorlien

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Another walking robot printed from 3D printer and using Arduino UNO with expansion board and BT. This gorilla type of walker should concider as quadraped but also biped. I build the concept by using Lego Technic and see if this is doable. It seems works O.K. so I start draw parts from SketchUp.

 

Apparently, it comes out quiet different than the concept one above. I am glad all 9G servos works fine to carry the weight.

 

A shot from back. In this design I tried not to use support to print and with lots of 'bridge' in parts. Thanks god everything works out pretty good. Some 'bridge' were kinda collapse or curved but it fixed it self after 2nd or 3rd layer when printing.

Again, I didn't really start to program it yet but try to move servo 'swing' a bit to check if everything works fine. From the video you can see all servo are just swing in between 80~100 degree and it was surprised me it looks like it's really walking. But that's not the way it suppose to walk. I will upload again when I done the programming.

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Here are *.stl files if anyone interested.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:196334

Swing around

  • Actuators / output devices: 11x Micro 9G servos
  • Control method: Bluetooth
  • CPU: ATMega
  • Power source: 7.4V LiPo with regulator 6V
  • Target environment: indoor
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/gorlien
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Wow, I love the look of this

Wow, I love the look of this guy. You’ve out done yourself again. :open_mouth:

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That’s so cool. I’ve seen

That’s so cool. I’ve seen that on FB already. Looking forward to your code. What he will be up to? Boxing or just walking around and enjoying the day?

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That little critter has real character!

Very awesome robot. I cannot wait to se him in action once you program him! :slight_smile:

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Basically just having fun

Basically just having fun with the design and try to see if 9G servos are capable to handle the stress.

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Thanks! keep your eyes

Thanks! keep your eyes peeled. :smiley:

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** Awesome! A few**

 

 Awesome! A few suggestions:

 1. I noticed in 1 of the videos that “gorilla dude’s” feet were slipping heaps, and therefore greatly reducing the speed of his movement. Ithought maybe, you could put some sort of grip on the bottom. e.g. rubber

 2. It looks really cool, but, just my thought, I reckon you should cover him in some sort of black gorilla fur!

 P.S He’d look even more if you made his arms swing a bit more.

 ( not saying it’s bad or anything, just trying to help)  :P

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** Awesome! A few**

 

 Awesome! A few suggestions:

 1. I noticed in 1 of the videos that “gorilla dude’s” feet were slipping heaps, and therefore greatly reducing the speed of his movement. Ithought maybe, you could put some sort of grip on the bottom. e.g. rubber

 2. It looks really cool, but, just my thought, I reckon you should cover him in some sort of black gorilla fur!

 P.S He’d look even more if you made his arms swing a bit more.

 ( not saying it’s bad or anything, just trying to help)  :P

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Interesting.

But the design does not fully render the skeletal frame in proportion to which it is modeled after—an ape-like quadruped.  Follow the link for more information. http://robotik.dfki-bremen.de/en/research/robot-systems/istruct-demonstrator-1.html

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i like the look…

nice, i like the combination of the big head and big fists. head looks like a cross between a grasshopper and an alien, looks cool though…

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Really good design!

 

The outlook really good. I’m waiting to see the update on the walking gait. 

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The moment I saw this robot,

The moment I saw this robot, I thought “what an amazing design for a quadruped robot!”. I was a little bit disappointed when I saw a bipedal gait on the video, but I’m sure you can have several different modes. It really looks great, I hope we will see some more of it soon!