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Mike's Biped Torso Kit/w pics

#1

I got my torso kit today and I quickly opened the box like a kid on Xmas :laughing: .

I assembled it using the online assembly guide which was helpful in speeding up the assembly process. Unfortunately I forgot to specify black lexan when I ordered the kit so I am stuck with the Smokey color lexan. I was debating on going to home depot and picking up a can of chrome spray paint for the future. For now, I will leave it alone.

I need to epoxy the Hi-Tec servo horn to the custom lexan bot head bracket. For now, I am holding the bot head in place with my sexy hand. :laughing:

This will finally give you an accurate idea as to the size of the bot head using the torso as a scale reference.

The Images:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2877/rscutorsowm0.jpg

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/6889/headtorsojp4.jpg

#2

Wow, damn that hand erm i mean head looks sexy on the torso. It is a lot smaller than I thought. Can’t wait to see the rest of the bot. Oh, shouldn’t you have put the other servos in before you screwed the other half on?

#3

looks delicious mike :laughing:

i like the size of the head comparded to the body, i think its a good match :slight_smile:

#4

Thanks Chunga, I was wondering what the head would look like mounted on the torso. I was not sure if I made it to large? to small? I really did not know. I took a wild guess when I made it in eMachineShop. It looks satisfactory to me.

#5

another thing, weren’t you going to have a camera on it, or has that idea been abandoned? :open_mouth:

#6

That thar camera would be needin a different head.
The mounting hole for the camera is quite different, and the other eye has an IR LED, which needs a smaller hole.

I don’t think Mikey has had that one made yet.

Right, Mike?

Anyhow

Looks like nice proportions to me.
You’ve clearly got the head servo on backwards, though.
Didn’t you see the “this way foreward =>” arrow on the underside of the servo?
:laughing:

#7

What? Huh? What arrow? :open_mouth:

Just kidding, the servo aint backwards, even if it is I intend to keep it this way. The reason? Because the head is pare shaped and when mounted to te servo the front of the head and the back of the head are lined up just right. If I swing the servo around, it would look like goofy from disney world. :laughing:

The servo horn is drying with epoxy as we speak. As soon as that thar thing is complete, I will take more pictures, yeeehaaawww
 :laughing:

#8

you were right
very sexy hand
I MEAN
uhhh
damn





uhh
 nice bot. 
 :open_mouth:

#9

lol jking
 :smiley:

#10

Ha ha


I forgot to mention that I had not abandoned the video camera head design. Like Nick said, the newer design requires a much larger eye socket and a smaller eye socket for a IR LED. I am putting this project on the back burner for now, and want to focus on building the biped, and experiment with walking gates and other code related things.

I might decide to jump the gun again and have it made later on. Who knows. :laughing:

#11

if it ever gets to the point where the camera is complete, it would be neat to have video posted on the view from the camera in the eye socket. :wink:

#12

maybe have it attack your a. cat b. dog. c. any other pet. d. squirrel e. kids :laughing:

#13

Absolutly! I have plans to do this and it will be awsome. The problem is I want to go in two directions but can only go in one.

The servos are a major killer. :confused:

#14

i see. it would be interesting if you inserted 1 camera into each eye. that way, if you planned on making ur biped RC you would have a way of determining the distance of an object (like our eyes). with only 1 camera, it is impossible to tell distance correctly withought geussind too much. though u might wanna know. :smiley:

#15

at least people can call your bot a Pencel Neck. it really doesnt have a neck. I do thing the head is ok 
 maybe a little bit bigger would have fully balanced it out 
 but still looks good.

next time you need to get that hand out of the pic :stuck_out_tongue:

#16

but I liked the hand
do you put lotion on them??? lol jking :smiley:

#17

The epoxy has dried and the head is now mounted.

**Here are 2 more pics with the head mounted. **

Excuse the wire mess, I have not routed them yet. :laughing:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6546/headtorsofronttm2.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3655/headtorsosidecg1.jpg

A video is coming sortly


#18

:open_mouth:

awesome :smiley:, i see wat you mean from the side picture now when you say, “if i turn the servo around it will look like goofy” :laughing:

#19

Here is a video I made with my crappy web cam. The poor video I think adds to the “strangeness” effect. :laughing: I added a stereo sound track so If you got head phones, put them on to really enjoy the full effect of the video.

The video file:

media.putfile.com/TorsoDemo

#20

:smiley: :smiley:

fantastic :smiley:

if you get that camera working, and hook it up, and use it during a biped fight, ud be unstoppable, since it seems to use a tracking sort of thing :laughing: