As you can tell, my project was simple yet complicated; all parts and designs were created from scratch. In matter of weeks, I was able to design, produce, and assemble the hundreds of pieces. Being that I was working on a low budget school environment, I was only able to access school machinery and available woods but I am sure that if you plan on replicating this project, it will come out much nicer. My goal here was just to show you guys my first robot project ever!
1: All parts started out with a few mere sketches that were later designed and given proper dimensions in a computer generated animation in an open source program called blender. As you can see in the (blueprint) pictures, I first designed 3d meshes from scratch and rendered them in 2d to achieve the blueprint effect. After creating the pieces, I created an animation on how all of the parts came together
2: Dealing with the mechanical problems was the biggest set back. Due to lack of support, one of the sides of the old track system was going off balance, so I created a brand new (better) type of track system.
3: Creating and assembling was perhaps the simplest task. Since I had my designs ready, all parts came together very well. My controller called EZ-robot bluetooth controller, greatly aiding in programming the parts. In the end, I was able to wirelessly control the servos and sensors with a joystick connected to my laptop. (sensors include a speaker, LEDs, and switches) (moving servos acted as a switch to power the track's movement and direction)
p.s. If you wish to see my model files, here is a link to download them ---- Wall-E Blend Files.rar
p.p.s there is also a website I created (from scratch) which gives more information on this project ---- PROJECT WALL-E
IF YOU LIKE MY THREAD, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IN THE 3D DESIGN CONTEST ---http://www.instructables.com/contest/chrisanderson/?show=ENTRIES
(great ratings are always appreciated)
1: All parts started out with a few mere sketches that were later designed and given proper dimensions in a computer generated animation in an open source program called blender. As you can see in the (blueprint) pictures, I first designed 3d meshes from scratch and rendered them in 2d to achieve the blueprint effect. After creating the pieces, I created an animation on how all of the parts came together
2: Dealing with the mechanical problems was the biggest set back. Due to lack of support, one of the sides of the old track system was going off balance, so I created a brand new (better) type of track system.
3: Creating and assembling was perhaps the simplest task. Since I had my designs ready, all parts came together very well. My controller called EZ-robot bluetooth controller, greatly aiding in programming the parts. In the end, I was able to wirelessly control the servos and sensors with a joystick connected to my laptop. (sensors include a speaker, LEDs, and switches) (moving servos acted as a switch to power the track's movement and direction)
p.s. If you wish to see my model files, here is a link to download them ---- Wall-E Blend Files.rar
p.p.s there is also a website I created (from scratch) which gives more information on this project ---- PROJECT WALL-E
IF YOU LIKE MY THREAD, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IN THE 3D DESIGN CONTEST ---http://www.instructables.com/contest/chrisanderson/?show=ENTRIES
(great ratings are always appreciated)
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I like things complex
you should give out the files in obj format though, not everyone has blender
well the old thread is more of an instructional one (for those who plan to recreate my designs) and this one is more of a show case type of thing (just for viewers to see what I made)
i plan on fixing the tracks i didn't use and using them to create a mini tank (coming soon)
http://www.instructables.com/contest/chrisanderson/?show=ENTRIES