just a quick post to say hi to everyone and i am busy building a J5 from Lynxmotion,but with a few modifications.i have been watching andrew alters project and that spurred me on to build my own.its far from finished yet but i will post some pictures of work so far.
regards
Ady
Always nice to new J5 projects! Can’t wait for some pictures 
Hi Andrew
Yes i will post some pictures,but as iv only just registered i cant post them yet.but when i can i will.
Ady
A few pictures of work in progress on my J5 robot.there is still alot to do yet.it is a stock Lynxmotion J5 kit but with a few mods and additions.i have been watching Tyberious`s project and that spurred me on to finally build my own,which is my 8th robot project.my goal is to have the robot fully autonomous and with a pc on board.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk136/nanomole39/robot/DSCF0075.jpg
a close up of his head.i used 10 rectangular blue HBLED`s for his “mouth” all glued together.his “eyelids” were a must and after loads of trial and error with micro servos i settled for the above,as i could not get them to move in all axis as on the real J5.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk136/nanomole39/robot/DSCF0066.jpg
I also fitted RC shocks as in Tyberious J5 project,i used elongated mounts so the travel wasnt restricted and still holds the torso up when powered off
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk136/nanomole39/robot/DSCF0070.jpg
another view of the robot.
i will post more as i progress.
regards
Ady
He looks aggressive!!
What kind of cameras are those, and how well do they work?
hi,
they are Logitech quickcams and seem to work fine with roborealm and the on board pc (epia pico itx )when i get round to fitting it.
nanomole39, sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Your bot looks awesome, I love the angle of the eyebrow that you implemented.
thanks Tom
it finish`s him quiet nicely dont you think ?.i might add a bottom version as well below the cams,im not sure yet depends how it looks.
Ady
Nice bot! The webcams really give it a Human-like look to it.
Is this robot operational yet? I was thinking maybe you could show us a Video.
not quiet,id say im about 60/70% complete.i have had parts of it working but not all together.ie the webcams tracking with pan and tilt using roborealm software,the pc software working and controlling the servos,the atom software working with obstacle avoidance.i just need to tie it all together and debug 
and i will post a vid when its all done and im happy with it.
regards
Ady
my congrats! Very well done. Love the cams.
Sweet lookin! i like whats being done with the J5.
Excellent Ady, you’ve come a long way from the initial pics you email’d me. Can’t wait to see more
first of all thanks for all your support
yes its progressed well so far,i must say i was impressed with the Lynxmotion parts.a few more little tweaks with his “head” and that part of the build is done.
as i said earlier i wanted his eyelids to move in all axis and tried using muscle wire and micro servos but it just looked messy and made his head look too big,so in the end i settled for the above.
I ran into the same exact problems trying to add moving eyelids actually. I spent a week straight trying to get something I liked, but everything I did made the head funny shaped or too big in the process. We need like… nano servos lol.
or even pico ! .
did you try using muscle wire ?,i had some success with that,but still it looked messy and not quite the result i was looking for.
No I did not, I bought the smallest servos I could find and couldnt get something working well and looking good.
I’m not exactly sure, but isn’t there already pico servos?
no your quite right,you can get pico servos,i have been messing around with a couple the last day or so still trying to find the best setup.
long time since last update but have been very busy with work and had very little bot time.here are more pics and hes not far off finished,time for the programming now
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk136/nanomole39/DSCF0112.jpg
everything just about fitted
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk136/nanomole39/DSCF0111.jpg
Via pc mounted together with i/o board
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk136/nanomole39/DSCF0114.jpg
close up of wiring
i will post a quick vid on you tube shortly.
