Just amazing to watch. The dance is more than intricate; it is almost sensuous. It is as if a bit of Disney’s Fantasia was reincarnated as a robot. This is more than mechanics; this is art.
My hat is off to your imagination and to your achievement!
The upper section do rotate, but I didn’t demonstrate that very well on the video. I think I shot about 30 minutes of video. There are still a lot of work to do on the code, especially to make it roll. I do plan to use some serial controlled RGB LED’s, but I’ve some issues I need to work on.
That was well worth the wait. This is a video that i will watch a few times over.
A true form of art in motion.
I love the way you have designed the kill switch, and also how it steps out from a sphere to the hex.
There is so much to say but my guess is that you will have lots and lots of reply’s to read over the next few weeks/months.
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I have watched this video over and over, and I am still fascinated. The fluidity you achieved with one-off, hand built parts is amazing!
One question: You show turning it off and on by apparently linear thrusts with a rod. I am not noticing any rotational or lateral motion by that rod. Are you using some sort of latching push button on/off switch?
I can’t wait until you compact this design for use in interacting colony clusters of ping-pong balls. A whole new future for swarm robots. Of course someone would have to conjure up some practical applications for the swarms.
Kåre, I am absolutely gobsmacked by the fluidity of motion and the sheer beauty of it. After reading your blog, I had to make an account here just to see your progress. Truly grand work, sir! Hats off to you.
Nope, the stick has a hole in one end. He pushes it down to turn it off. He hooks the lever of the switch with the hole in the stick to pull it up and turn it on.