Joined: 2 Nov 2006 Age: 45 Gender: Male Posts: 7,927 Location: Dallas, Texas
12 Mar 2009, 2:00 pm
...a large, robotic tarantula?
Some of you may remember I was working on this a year-and-a-half ago. I had drafted the blueprints, built the battery pack, purchased the motor, completed one leg -- and then I met my wife ( ) . So, should I finish it, or not?
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Na, I've seen that one before. It's cool, but I'm going for realism. I've even got the materials for the "skin" and "hair" selected. I'm trying to duplicate the anatomy exactly. I suppose that would make it an "arachnoid", like a human-looking robot is an "android".
Joined: 2 Nov 2006 Age: 45 Gender: Male Posts: 7,927 Location: Dallas, Texas
12 Mar 2009, 3:56 pm
Think I went a little overkill on making the battery?
Combining those 129.6 volts with the motor producing ~350 inch-pounds of torque should give it plenty of power.
It took forever to solder those 108 batteries together, but the electrical system works perfectly.
I have to charge this "battery brick" 9 times -- one for each 12-cell group -- but it gets there in the end.
And the runtime is incredible. So, I suppose I'll put the finishing touches on the one completed leg tonight while my wife is at work. Wow, I've now totally gotten back in the swing of industrial hobbies -- I didn't think I still could! It's been a while.
Epic stuff. I should do something like that myself one of these days.
For now, it's getting me pretty motivated to get to work on actualizing the novel I've been working on off and on for the past few years. You're an inspiration!
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Joined: 2 Nov 2006 Age: 45 Gender: Male Posts: 7,927 Location: Dallas, Texas
13 Mar 2009, 7:51 am
BobTheMartian wrote:
Epic stuff. I should do something like that myself one of these days.
For now, it's getting me pretty motivated to get to work on actualizing the novel I've been working on off and on for the past few years. You're an inspiration!
Wow, cool! And thanks. Being inspired is a wonderful thing.