Servo Motors:
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3D Printed Fingers:
These are the fingers designed and 3D printed and their tiny, but powerful servos. Ten fingers, but I've opted to go for two thumbs - one either side of the hand - because, well, why not.
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The 'Brain':
A raspberry pi 8Gb ram.
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The 3D Printed Hand:
Assembled Hand:
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The 3D Printed and Assembled Upperbody Assembled:
Yes, I was already quite well into building this frame before deciding to take pictures and make the progress blog, but here is the body at the point of that decision
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The 3D Printed Solar Panels:
This is mostly a showcase feature as the charge delivered by these solar panels to the battery (for the Raspi) will be quite small, but I though it'd be a quaint feature to add. They'll look luke bee wings and their angle will be controlled with small lower-power servos. I'll probably think about adding a light detector so that the angle is performed automatically (via logic from the Raspi).
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The 3D Printed Leg:
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The 3D Printed Foot:
Yes, your eyes do not deceive. The feet will have wheels on them to act as a segway. Maybe it'll work.
Feet and Assembly Units:
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The 3D Printed Hips:
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The 3D Printed Legs and Assembly Units:
The leg servos are powered by their own lipo battery and the lower parts of the legs will be bolted together with shock-absorbers to reduce impact on the servos; the long bolts will act as guides to maintain stability alongside the shock-absorbers.
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Legs and Hip Assembled:
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The 3D Printed Upper Body Assembled with Arms and Hands:
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The 3D Printed Body Assembled:
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The 3D Printed Head:
The 3D Printed Head Assembled:
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Completed Robot Assembly:
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Replaced Hips:
One of the hip joints broke so I had to reprint with an increased thickness; it feels more sturdy now.
But for now, its just gonna be a torso...
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