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Plywood Robot Built Using Instructions From Robot Builder's Bonanza

Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
edited 2015-02-03 04:46 in Robotics
The dialog is in Spanish, but it looks like someone showing off their plywood robot built using some instructions from Robot Builder's Bonanza. The workmanship on the wheels is really nice.

[video=youtube_share;MFmj4hnWgMM]

Comments

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2015-01-31 13:01
    Un roboto muy bueno con el plywood e las sensores. Ola Senor Gordon!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2015-01-31 13:07
    It ain't this hombre's first rodeo! Same builder:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTc01cFKWlU scissors inchworm
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64B8J6Elkyk wooden tank treads
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2015-01-31 13:26
    He is a plywood artist. Those tank treads are too pretty to use.
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2015-01-31 13:31
    Very nicely done little robot, but it's not from any of my books! I'm happy when the books inspire others to create their own designs, which is the case here.

    The original rounded "turtle" design of this particular robot appears in Arduino Robot Bonanza, and it's shown in PLASTIC. PVC plastic, no less.

    Se
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2015-01-31 23:25
    I would have said that the parts had been laser-cut: they're that precise-looking. But the edges are not charred, so they must have been done by hand -- or maybe by a CNC router, I s'pose. But whatever the case, what a nicely-done project!

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2015-02-01 07:15
    A hexapod walker from the same fine fellow, also with Gordon's book on the table. Plywood rules!
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2015-02-01 13:52
    I suspect that the part cutting has been aided by a CNC router, similar to the kind I use for cutting plastic. With a 4-flute mill end, the cuts using this type of wood can be quite smooth, You also get that yummy sawdust smell, which you don't get with plastic. Even with a CNC, it takes time and skill to lay out the parts.
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2015-02-03 04:46
    One can also sand down laser-cut plywood to remove the charring...
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