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ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2011-04-12 17:57 in Robotics
I can't put my finger on it, but there's something I really like about this robot: http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92553624_plywood-robot-drummer.htm

JAFPRO: just another friggin' plywood robot: http://www.scientificsonline.com/robomech-wooden-kit.html

And now for something completely different in "plywood robots": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYrf9YO4zM8

Comments

  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,241
    edited 2011-04-04 03:57
    You are too funny erco! Plywood. Who'd have thunk it.
  • Tony B.Tony B. Posts: 356
    edited 2011-04-04 06:19
    You know me Erco, Wood, the only way to build!

    I really like the drummer. I wonder what model of servos he is using? The arms look like they’re made from 3/8 ply so I suspect they have a little bit of weight to them. They must be some high torque servos.

    I could use the plywood destacker in my shop when I'm trying to move around a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 MDF.

    Tony
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-04-06 17:00
    In school I built a series of plywood robots One was an android entered into contests. It had a plywood head with working mouth and jaw bone. The muscles came from large rubber bands. The bones were cut out with a manual key hole saw. Give me a good piece of ply and another android will be born.
    :)
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-04-08 11:44
    Tony! No! Don't let erco lead you away from the dark side!
    doggiedoc - stay true...

    erco. a pox upon you ;-)

    Actually, the plywood stacker really does put it into perspective: The plywood is at the mercy of a metal and plastic robot. This is as it should be...

    -Matt
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-04-08 12:49
    Matt Gilliland wrote: »
    Actually, the plywood stacker really does put it into perspective: The plywood is at the mercy of a metal and plastic robot. This is as it should be...

    -Matt

    Matt: I completely agree that the plywood stacker puts the whole master/slave/who's carrying who issue to rest. But I came to a dramatically different conclusion that you, as the attached photo attests. Don't worry, I'll always make a place for your plastic robots!
    servant.jpg
    500 x 453 - 105K
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-04-09 09:27
    Can't we just all get along?
  • Tony B.Tony B. Posts: 356
    edited 2011-04-09 09:49
    I wood, but I am knot sure what I wood have to do?
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-04-09 17:27
    OUCH! Give somebody a little warning Tony! :smile:
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-04-09 21:44
    Whit: Stop pining about Tony's splinter faction, wood you? I'm board with the timber of your voice!
  • Tony B.Tony B. Posts: 356
    edited 2011-04-10 16:26
    Now Erco we shouldn't needle Whit and Leaf him alone. I'm sure his bark is worst than his bite.:lol:
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2011-04-10 20:50
    If you watch to the end of the video he lists the parts he used in the robot.
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2011-04-11 12:29
    @Franklin: Wood you just play along? :-)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-04-11 13:03
    @uC: He's branching and going against the grain.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-04-11 13:39
    I'm Stumped...
    Why is this thread so winded, and bowed??
    You're all warped.
    The plywood is at the mercy of a metal and plastic robot. This is as it should be...
    Ironically, at some point in this machines life, some Millwright will need to wedge a piece of wood,
    Into some part of it, in order for it to continue the rest of the shift... :)
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-04-12 11:43
    U...n...c...l...e...
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-04-12 13:22
    Whit - sorry to admit it, but there's just so many wood-byproducts - I can't keep up...

    erco, et. al. I too, believed in the power of cellulose - (I've built eleven custom homes). I think my aversion to your plywood affection is related to the proportion of splinters I've received over the years.

    What then shall I do? I shall continue to stay true to non-splinter-producing plastics, if for no other reason than to irritate others on these Forums, an in particular erco ;-)

    -Matt
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-04-12 14:15
    Matt et al:

    Long before plastic, wood was king. Check these vidz... at least #1 and 3. First up: the 19th century wooden robo-Geisha writing a Kanji character is mighty fine! And the third video of the wooden robot arm (even though manually operated) is just fabulous.

    http://www.build-robot.com/tag/wooden+robot
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-04-12 17:57
    The Terminator robots would be much less intimidating if they were made out of wood.
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