Onboard PC based Johnny 5

It makes the robot much cooler 8) You’re robot looks so cool, looks like jam packed with custom features. You will soon be able to make him fetch you a beer!

tyberius-2 · January 16, 2008, 12:15am

Thanks! The arm length shouldnt be an issue as when hes roaming the arms are going to be powered, and not limp.

tyberius-2 · January 20, 2008, 4:30am

Real quick- I just finished up (well, almost) a major overhaul on J5, new arm design has been implemented. Don’t have time to do another write up on it, but details are in my Blog.

Here’s a teaser though:

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J5 has been juicing!

chunga · January 20, 2008, 4:49am

lmao, thats sick

i wouldn’t wanna fight him

evolution-2 · January 20, 2008, 5:06am

Wow, that is the best mini Johnny 5 I have ever seen. Nice work on the arms.

sam-98 · January 20, 2008, 12:30pm

Nice! I like the arm rotation, does it work well? Wich servo did you put the 5990’s?

tyberius-2 · January 20, 2008, 1:01pm

Well, the stock J5 model comes with arm rotation, but it’s direct drive meaning the arms are mounted directly to the servo shaft. I added length to the arms and an actual elbow joint, so given the extra weight I changed it to the indirect drive setup using the LPA’s. Rotation works the same as before.

The shoulder rotation, shoulder lift, and elbow servos of each arm have been upgraded to 5990TG’s.

sn96 · January 20, 2008, 5:32pm

OMG! That is BAD TO THE SERVO BONES!

Can you take another picture with it against a white background? It’s hard to see the detail with all that black.

Can ya huh can ya huh?

evolution-2 · January 20, 2008, 6:19pm

No kidding. That thing is awesome. And with HS5990’s powering the arms, you have opened up a lot of possibilities. Killer!!

sam-98 · January 20, 2008, 6:25pm

Yeah! You’re going to be able to do actualy useful stuff! Did you think of replacing the hands with LM or custom made grippers so you could be able to pick up like… pens, cups? The hands are nice, but wouldn’t they have dificulty with those kinds of tasks?

tyberius-2 · January 21, 2008, 3:26pm

I don’t plan on having it pick up very small objects, like pens and whatnot. My main goal is to have it pick up a beer I’m going to be adding some rubber grips to the inside of the hands, and I’m hoping that with two hands it should be able to lift a beer.

tyberius-2 · February 1, 2008, 8:47pm

He speaks!

youtube.com/watch?v=BfoEVNl8IdA
(warning, contains movie quote with profanity and/or isn’t PC)

Still playing around with voices to see what I like the best

chunga · February 1, 2008, 9:29pm

LMAO

thats is freakin great xD

looks awesome, keep up the work

italian_guy299 · February 2, 2008, 12:58am

http://kursach.tom.ru/engine/data/emoticons/bow.gif

sam-98 · February 3, 2008, 12:14pm

WoW! That’s really nice! One sylibale with a higher pitch