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In lugnet.robotics, Stefan Naepflin wrote:
> hello all
>
> After a long building time (uncounted houres during one and a half year) I
> finally assembled my Johnny Five robot the first time.
>
> This was a great feeling looking to the robot and I will share this with you.I
> found a lot of inspiration on Lugnet and Bricklink.
>
>
> J5 is made of 8 modules and his total weight is about 13 kg. I think its a large
> style model :-) It uses a number of motors and gears:
>
> - 5 in each arm (shoulder, upper arm, ellbow, wrist, hand)
> - 3 for the head (turn, two pistons)
> - 2 for the treads
> - 1 for the upper body
>
> It was my intension to build J5 as close as possible to the "real" J5
> (http://www.johnny-five.com).
>
> My special thank is going to Eric Sophie and Rosco. Eric's JAMA gave me the
> "kick" to start buildung J5 using LEGO and learnd me a lot of construction
> technics. And Rosco showed me the idea for the treads with his MOC CC2800.
>
> J5 is not almost finished now. There are a ot of little things waiting to be set
> up right. I also have to wire the electrics and learn to programm RCX.
>
> I also have to re-construct the joint for the upper body, It is to weak to hold
> the whole weight of the body, arms and head.
>
> The pics are located on brickshelf
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=72836
Hi Steven, that is very cool! I'm glad I could contribute no matter how small.
I've added .technic to the groups cos I think they'll like it over there too!
Can't wait to see the finished robot - I remember Short Circuit from when I was
a kid.
One question I have, how smoothly does it move on those treads? I found my crane
was pretty jerky when it moved.
ROSCO
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