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ercoerco Posts: 20,257
edited 2015-07-22 03:02 in Robotics
Hopefully it will crutch walk soon. Obviously a figure 8 candidate!




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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    Awesome work erco! Will the final unit be self-contained or wired?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    No wires, Whit+! This was just a quick video using a servo tester. All I have so far is bare servos in the body.


    You really talked me up on your blog, Pal. When I need a PR rep, you're on deck.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2015-07-22 17:44
    Erco, Whit is a man of good words by profession!! :O) He's NOT what you need when you want PR, I imagine usually honesty and conscience get in the way of good PR.

    I'll have to see the movie before I can comment on what a TARS can do but it is typically erco-riffic!!
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    @mindrobots - It is not PR when you believe in what you are talking about - erco is the man!
    @erco - with the art department that you have - who needs PR? Love the new family portrait! All it needed was some robots!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2015-07-23 21:41
    Just pretend that the ugly coat hangar axle isn't even there. Spinning turns are easy, walking will be trickier to program, that's next.
     




  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    Google just told me there was a new video on erco's channel. Very very cool! Excellent work!
    I confess I had been a bit skeptical when I saw the first post. Now I'm a believer. I'm looking forward to seeing what this becomes.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
     Now I'm a believer.

    You gotta be a belieber. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Belieber
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2015-07-23 22:50
    Great! Now I have a Monkey's Earworm tonight :)
    Great work erco, BTW.

  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    Unbelievably cool - If this is not an article - I want a full description of how you did this - otherwise I will wait patiently - sort of! 
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    Glad you boys like it. These old eyes got a workout building up the little controller board.




  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
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  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    OOH RAH! Very nice, and unique. 
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    Unbelievably cool - If this is not an article - I want a full description of how you did this - otherwise I will wait patiently - sort of! 

    Thanks Whit! Can you take it from here?




  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    Thanks pal! Such a neat project...
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    erco made me buy something else... Had only seen clips!
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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    Is this an article - or instructable?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    TARS is just for fun right now, thanks. Been meaning to build since forever, but just had ~2 days free to do it. Now I'm going on a 2-week trip though, so walking will have to wait a while.


    Unless I squeeze him in my suitcase, not sure how much free time I'll have.
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2015-07-30 02:37
    Some more info for reference - Don't know how accurate this is, but it looks pretty good and is from what looks like a movie prop/costume and  model builders forum (Replica Props Forum). Link address is on the left side. Drawing is by MrSinistar.
    There are other fun items in the thread like created information for the output screens on TARS and CASE.
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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    More from this Wired.com Article - 
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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    Gotta make some time and make my TARS walk since I found these new videos today.











  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    Nice find erco/Mr.Roboto!
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