Wall-E Made From Scratch

 by rptech
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Wall-E.jpg
UPDATE: THIS IS THE LINK FOR 9 BLEND FILES FOR WALL-E'S PARTS  ----- Wall-E Blend Files.rar

UPDATE: THIS IS THE LINK FOR A WEBSITE CREATED FROM SCRATCH ( IN MICROSOFT EXPRESSION WEB 3) ABOUT PROJECT WALL-E (THE WEBSITE HAS MORE INFORMATION ON PROJECT WALL-E) PROJECT WALL-E  (Ignore the "how you can help" page)

I had just entered the field of robotics and thought I should take on a project. I wanted to use such beloved Disney character to bring about a message of recycling. Just imagine a world where instead of those giant and noisy street sweepers, we will have a Wall-E at every corner of our street. (The robots wouldn't be taking over our world but will be helping us live a cleaner life)

As you can see just by the images, all components are original (this has never been done before) and it took several weeks to create it. (If my final designs are replicated, it will take a lot less time)

Word of advice, engineering skills are not defined by your mistakes but how you fix them. (i.e. my tracks)
 
This is what my final stage looks like

p.s. As promised, more videos and images have been added

 
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Step 1: Planning

Large Gear Measurements.png
Small Gear Measurements.png
Track Chain Measurements.png
Tracks (Wrapped Around).png
New Track Measurements.png
The first thing I did was plan the measurements and the dimensions of each piece

I used blender, and opensource 3d animation program to render 3d meshes as a 2d image

You don't necessarily have to do this but it is beneficial to plan out everything before constructing

P.S. It is not necessary for your design to work out as you want them to; track system with gears I intended to create didn't work well so I redesigned the tracks with wheels


randofo says: Apr 21, 2012. 9:11 PM
You should say more about the project in the intro, like why you made it, how long it took, if you encountered any strange problems, etc.

People like to know these things, especially for such an awesome project.
rptech (author) in reply to randofoMay 4, 2012. 2:31 PM
thanks for the advice, i have uploaded more info and pictures

vote for me for all the competition
rvashwm467 says: Jun 5, 2012. 12:32 AM
very well designed, great project
vrtkhl657 says: Jun 4, 2012. 6:56 PM
awesome
ishntshrm495 says: Jun 4, 2012. 6:12 PM
Your Wall-E rocks
drew85 says: Jun 1, 2012. 11:36 PM
love the Wall-E
great job on the animations
autobot1 says: Jun 1, 2012. 11:30 PM
looks like you worked really hard for this
frankfar says: Jun 1, 2012. 10:58 PM
nice job, i would love to see this in aluminum
bostonman says: Jun 1, 2012. 5:20 PM
it must have taken a lot of hard work, great job
rleon123 says: Jun 1, 2012. 5:10 PM
go Wall-E

great job
sp29 says: Jun 1, 2012. 4:14 PM
this thing is frickin awesome, great job
bigozzie says: Jun 1, 2012. 3:39 PM
great project
DezmondVulpin says: May 24, 2012. 8:08 PM
above the influence, bye bye arduino
sinboy says: May 24, 2012. 5:39 PM
finally, something original
tahsin says: May 24, 2012. 5:31 PM
man, you really gave it all you got
dipen1 says: May 24, 2012. 4:23 PM
love the idea
hp123 says: May 24, 2012. 4:14 PM
the squirrels in the park better watch out
xm4rkx says: May 24, 2012. 4:05 PM
love the animations
furqan1223 says: May 24, 2012. 3:56 PM
awesome
Derp_BlacxkNija says: May 24, 2012. 3:49 PM
those are some great animations

well detailed
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