Guess what I’m Building?
30 High Torque Servos
1 Manual Drill Press
1 Reprap Prototyper
4 SRF05 Ultrasonic Sensor*
5 pounds of ABC plastic
12 square feet of Foamboard
5 Dagu Sensor mount kits*
3 DAGU Mr. Basic Kits + Special boards*
1 GPS Sensor
1 USB datalogger
1 Heat Camera
1 Arduino
6 Pickaxe 18-1
1 Xmos Quad core MCU
3 stepper motors
8 Transcievers
2 XBEE Pros
6 Peizoelectric Force Sensors
2 Servo Claws
1 Large red shed
12 square feet of plywood
1 100 foot extension cord
* = ordering soon…
Um an overly expensive work
Um an overly expensive work out lift weight?
**No. **
Flexes muscle…lifts a fridge with biomechanic pinkie. It is not a workout machine.
Just curious, did you at
Just curious, did you at least get your LEDs to blink? 
I’m… not the best at math, but from a quick glance, I added up to almost $800… I hope you have REALLY nice parents 
Hope he knows what he is
Hope he knows what he is doing.
The worlds largest spanking
The worlds largest spanking machine?
Hey now, you’re going to get
Hey now, you’re going to get my girlfriend excited! lol jk 
Buuut hey benbo, you know you can always donate to the CaptainObvious Fund of Fun.
Thanks for saving me time
Thanks for saving me time Benbo, i was about to try to list each time i saw you posting “i’m gonna need one”, “how much 30 of those would cost?”, “i’m definitly gonna buy 8!” etc… i was starting to think that you were the richest guy on this forum!
Anyway, i’m pretty sure you’re building a Terminator. Or a toaster (but a really cool one).
I’m
I’m thinking…lackofplanning-bot??? lottamoola-bot… or my favorite, neveractuallycompleteit-bot…
I like that last one, quite
I like that last one, quite of few of them hanging around. Heck I think I have 2 of them myself!
Start small Benbo
No, you got it all
No, you got it all wrong!
Start big and waste lots of money on parts which where not suitable for your project after all. Thats the spirit!
…and why may I ask was
…and why may I ask was this never pointed out to me before? hmmmm!!!
<face palm>
I’ve been considering each purchase with the requirements based on my plans for implentation of components and final goals…all this time I could have just randomly clicked on components that looked neat and expensive all this time!!!
This really should be a side note in the “start here” bot…really!
</ face palm>
tsk tsk
tsk tsk
anyways, a battlebot? cant imagine anything else
Dr. Who?
I think he’s building the TARDIS.
feet?
He has bought no wheels or tracks, so either it’s walking or stationary, but 1100 feet of power cord? what’s that it metric anyway?
My guess is that you’re making a robot workshop… I’m right arern’t I…?
2 things
I meant to write YDM treads and 100 feet (about 30 m) of cord
and excellent deduction skills!
i hope you have the
i hope you have the knowledge to do this because you cant spell Picaxe. Wait is it a bucket of pointless parts?
There is a thin line between
There is a thin line between spanking machine and beating machine. lol
Heat Camera?
What is this Heat Camera you speak of? Links?
-Fergs