You are likely the best robot designer and builder on TH-cam. I hope you make your Ultron super smart so people at shows can chat with him. Keep up the amazing work James!
The motions are so smooth, truly amazing thus far. Also thought it would make more noise once everything is moving around together but it's pretty quiet.
That is really awesome. One thing I do worry about is the shudder in the movement, which caused one of the panels to fall off Ultron, and when both arms swing forwards possibly causing Ultron to tip over.
OMG i would love to see all this code for Ultron and study it, it seems way above my head. There is so much it has to be fun keeping it all straight. WOW, i actually wait for these videos.
probably. But there's really no use for it. If you're going to do motion capture, why not just use animation instead? How often do you need puppeteering by a person in real time, that you couldn't just program beforehand?
Almost all animatronics in film already are controlled on the spot and have been since the their conception. Normally many puppeteers with hobby grade remote controllers and/or cables (and yes. sometime custom built motion control units, not quite like this tho) will control features like facial animation and fingers while a puppeteer (or for larger animatronics, puppeteers) within the suit will control the major movements.
Those sort of things are really quite amazing no doubt but I find the same problem with all motion capture technology: motion captured movements will always be less than real life while more traditional animation strives to make movements more real than real. This is why in many cases a motion capture animation will be used simply as a base for an animator to then go back in and hand animate to push it to its limits.
Kids, they grow up so fast.. seems like only yesterday he was knee high of an actuator :-D James, you couldn't redesign his chest plates to give more range of motion? allow them to move inward like giant plastic pectorals a bit like hulkbusters back doors??
I think you should redesign the shoulders as a ball joint and when the arm is straight down give it 180movement on the y so moving your arm straight up above your head and straight down 90 on the (X?) so you move your straight out to the left (if left arm) then that should have 360rotaion but only straight out to the left like that Then the elbow should only be 90 bend no matter what rotation the shoulder is in Not sure if it would improve how his arm moves but i think it should help alot Sorry if this is confusing to understand
Around 7:50 when you are showing shoulder degrees of freedom you mention the shoulder can rotate forward, which it can't. Love the robot, I am concerned that it is missing the most important shoulder axis though.
Could you dip the neck ball joint in molten ABS and then allow it to dry and build up the layers to increase the size of the ball rather than printing out a completely new piece?
puppeteering the entire body would be too hard in tandem, do you think if you gave the little guy long legs you could strap to yours you'd have a natural walking? also how do you plan on keeping him upright, like weighted feet? ps. this is so sick 👍
How about a C3P0 or the white version, he is built more human like, I still don't understand what you are going on about half the time but it is all very clever and entertaining, keep up the fab work.
you are doing a very good job .this is one of the coolest things on the net at this time but i have one question the shoulder on Ultron ha no forward motion {can not put his arms straight out from the shoulder} are you planing to implement that in future.thank you for the grate vids
I have one question. Would it be easier to install three position switch on this puppeteering rig to control behavior of other hand? Insted of switching the positions of legs? I understand that in full body suit it will be easy to just make a step but in this rig you have to stop controlling body, work around legs, make sure that it stays stable, go back to puppeteering. Switch will make it more smooth in transition.
I mean reduce amount of sensors. If I'm correct you are swiching modes of non-motion controlled from mirror to oposite moves by positioning leg sensors i diferent positions relative to each other. So when you are using this little 3d printed rig you need to leave head and arm and switch leg position to change non-motion controlled mode. Insted You can use switch that decleres if non-motion controlled arm should be in mirror or oposite mode. That reduce number of needed sensors by two, and make puppeteering more fluent. If You want to refer to prosthetic arm you can put that switch on palm similar to Ant-man "scaling"button. I hope I'm more clear naow, english is my second language.
Hey James, quick question. Do you have a givetad account? Ide watch some adds to help support your channel, since I'm financially unable to through patron? Keep being the awesome person you are.
Hey James, quick question. Do you have a givetad account? Ide watch some adds to help support your channel, since I'm financially unable to through patreon. Keep being the awesome person you are.
Hello James really enjoying watching your videos and your progress i have been considering doing an arduino based project myself although currently not much knowledge in electronics etc i know the main learning process is reading, videos and trial and error but wondering if you could maybe give me some pointers. Thanks Adam
hopu u make a robot helper , companion in all your coming vids, sort of a mascott like a dog robot for example, just an idea, anyway goodjob sir nice vid :)
Wouldn't it be easier to take the magnetometers and put them on a second left arm on the puppet, I think it would be easier to puppeteer ultron then, at least for the public?
if it took 2 sensors to make the arm work, and you are using 2 sensors to for the legs to make the other arm move, why don't you just have those latter sensors just tell the other arm where to go. You don't need the abstraction of the legs, you can just record the other arm's movements.
I probably just missed/forgot your reasoning behind that decision, but why did you choose to go with that complicated solution with two motion capture sensors on the legs (when your Ultron robot has no legs)? Wouldn't it be easier to just use those two sensors on the right arm, thus making BOTH arms fully and independently puppeteerable?
James Burton, a cool project for you would be making a small Transformer. if you don't know what Transformers are, look up Transformers The Last Knight trailer
the many more mini robots for ultron to built the more privacy and distance you get. you can just walk along your kitchen, doing stuff and ultron is doing the shit for you hehe. or better you by the remote ;) coder2coder we call him kalep. you know, copyright stuff. take it easy mate
You are likely the best robot designer and builder on TH-cam.
I hope you make your Ultron super smart so people at shows can chat with him.
Keep up the amazing work James!
15:23 that feeling when your back falls off
Makes his spine move around like a person would.
Amazing work James. Beware he doesn't become sentient!
James Bruton I knew it! You've gone completely bunkers!!!! Everyone, take your emp's, we've got a killer robot to kill!!!
This reminds me of how Tippet studios puppeteered the T-Rex in Jurassic Park. Awesome work!
I meant Stan Winston studios. ;)
The motions are so smooth, truly amazing thus far. Also thought it would make more noise once everything is moving around together but it's pretty quiet.
That is really awesome.
One thing I do worry about is the shudder in the movement, which caused one of the panels to fall off Ultron, and when both arms swing forwards possibly causing Ultron to tip over.
Great job James cant wait for the final result 👍
how does this guy only have 444k subs? He is awesome!!
With the slack jaw, Ultron looks like he is amazed by everything around him as he looks around!
that looks incredibly smooth, nice
that robot moves more organically than i do... just wow
germimonte it moves more than i do too... crazy what robots are capable of XD
James Bruton did you see to panel fall off the back of Ultron
OMG i would love to see all this code for Ultron and study it, it seems way above my head. There is so much it has to be fun keeping it all straight. WOW, i actually wait for these videos.
Im surprised disney doesn't have something like this already. Has anyone else done this animatronic motion capture puppet idea?
probably. But there's really no use for it. If you're going to do motion capture, why not just use animation instead? How often do you need puppeteering by a person in real time, that you couldn't just program beforehand?
Almost all animatronics in film already are controlled on the spot and have been since the their conception. Normally many puppeteers with hobby grade remote controllers and/or cables (and yes. sometime custom built motion control units, not quite like this tho) will control features like facial animation and fingers while a puppeteer (or for larger animatronics, puppeteers) within the suit will control the major movements.
Those sort of things are really quite amazing no doubt but I find the same problem with all motion capture technology: motion captured movements will always be less than real life while more traditional animation strives to make movements more real than real. This is why in many cases a motion capture animation will be used simply as a base for an animator to then go back in and hand animate to push it to its limits.
Kids, they grow up so fast.. seems like only yesterday he was knee high of an actuator :-D
James, you couldn't redesign his chest plates to give more range of motion? allow them to move inward like giant plastic pectorals a bit like hulkbusters back doors??
Motion capture makes it 10x better
The fact that Ultron is extremely wobbly actually makes it realistic
This is soooo amazing¡¡¡ I dont know why it isnt in everyone recomendeds
you should add a feature in the head where you can see what it sees
I think you should redesign the shoulders as a ball joint and when the arm is straight down give it 180movement on the y so moving your arm straight up above your head and straight down
90 on the (X?) so you move your straight out to the left (if left arm) then that should have 360rotaion but only straight out to the left like that
Then the elbow should only be 90 bend no matter what rotation the shoulder is in
Not sure if it would improve how his arm moves but i think it should help alot
Sorry if this is confusing to understand
Incredible! Nice work!
Kids are going to love singing those arms
you said it yourself, his name shall be little chap!
@8:26 "my little man" lol are you paining on having this walk? "ultron"
Oh so this is how terminators were created🤔
This is honestly amazing!
Around 7:50 when you are showing shoulder degrees of freedom you mention the shoulder can rotate forward, which it can't. Love the robot, I am concerned that it is missing the most important shoulder axis though.
back plate popped off
that guy yes
Could you dip the neck ball joint in molten ABS and then allow it to dry and build up the layers to increase the size of the ball rather than printing out a completely new piece?
puppeteering the entire body would be too hard in tandem, do you think if you gave the little guy long legs you could strap to yours you'd have a natural walking? also how do you plan on keeping him upright, like weighted feet?
ps. this is so sick 👍
Ever thought of doing a robot/car with sphere wheels? If you look in an old Ball Mouse you can see how two wheels can drive each sphere.
How about a C3P0 or the white version, he is built more human like, I still don't understand what you are going on about half the time but it is all very clever and entertaining, keep up the fab work.
If you add some kind of support independent of the legs on the "puppet", it may be easier to get the legs to do what you want.
Increadable work
lol it would've been hilarious if you used an Ultron action figure for the mini puppeteering device 😂
Awesome content as always! You should play patty cake with Ultron when you're wearing the mo-cap suit :)
Did anyone else notice the left 'lat muscle' panel fall?
Instead of giving the puppet legs to puppeteer it with, wouldn't it be better to put a pot on the back to switch modes for the arm control?
Wouldn't it be simpler to rig both arms to the puppet/mo-cap suit?
still got those shoulder pops that freak me out. Even though it's a robot, popping shoulders are just creepy
It would be pretty neat if you made an industrial robot arm.
If world gets taken over like Terminator I'm blaming this guy
you are doing a very good job .this is one of the coolest things on the net at this time but i have one question the shoulder on Ultron ha no forward motion {can not put his arms straight out from the shoulder} are you planing to implement that in future.thank you for the grate vids
great but can't u just do the other arm as independent as the left one..?
should use sensors to control the dead arm move on its own....then you get more movement
this guy is awesome!
my goal in life is to be at least half as smart as this dude
are you going to do any weathering on the plastic bits to make them look a bit more metallic?
I have one question. Would it be easier to install three position switch on this puppeteering rig to control behavior of other hand? Insted of switching the positions of legs? I understand that in full body suit it will be easy to just make a step but in this rig you have to stop controlling body, work around legs, make sure that it stays stable, go back to puppeteering. Switch will make it more smooth in transition.
I mean reduce amount of sensors. If I'm correct you are swiching modes of non-motion controlled from mirror to oposite moves by positioning leg sensors i diferent positions relative to each other. So when you are using this little 3d printed rig you need to leave head and arm and switch leg position to change non-motion controlled mode. Insted You can use switch that decleres if non-motion controlled arm should be in mirror or oposite mode. That reduce number of needed sensors by two, and make puppeteering more fluent. If You want to refer to prosthetic arm you can put that switch on palm similar to Ant-man "scaling"button. I hope I'm more clear naow, english is my second language.
Will he have legs? Even if he doesn't it's still a pretty damn cool robot! Nice work
James Bruton Cool! I'm excited to see how both projects turn out
U r great.can you tell me how you went in this field because I have passion in it.
James, if you do truly love us, then you HAVE to make Ultron do John Cena's signature move "YOU CAN'T SEE ME"
The hands look like they can be articulated, the fingers should be able to move/grip, how do you plan to implement that within the puppet?
Can you make a list of the parts you used to make this? Not the printed parts, but the parts you had to buy, such as the actuator.
Hey James, quick question. Do you have a givetad account? Ide watch some adds to help support your channel, since I'm financially unable to through patron? Keep being the awesome person you are.
in the end, it looks like he's singing the last note of a song in a musical
Hey James, quick question. Do you have a givetad account? Ide watch some adds to help support your channel, since I'm financially unable to through patreon. Keep being the awesome person you are.
Hello James really enjoying watching your videos and your progress i have been considering doing an arduino based project myself although currently not much knowledge in electronics etc i know the main learning process is reading, videos and trial and error but wondering if you could maybe give me some pointers.
Thanks
Adam
I can't take Ultron seriously because it looks like he has a beak
Could the puppet be called "Homun" as in Homunculus? noun: a very small human or humanoid creature.
this is amazing
Just a heads up, at 15:22 it appears that a part of the back fell down/off...
last time I watched one of these videos it was nothing but robo hip on a tripod
James Bruton exactly
He doesn't need any knees... yet! Lol
GG mate i wish i could build something like this......:/
you could try to make the chest plate move along with the arm
James will build a full robot arm before Hacksmith even starts repairing the one he bought.
James Bruton I think 3d printing an arm would be much more interesting to watch than seeing one getting repaired!
hopu u make a robot helper , companion in all your coming vids, sort of a mascott like a dog robot for example, just an idea, anyway goodjob sir nice vid :)
Wouldn't it be easier to take the magnetometers and put them on a second left arm on the puppet, I think it would be easier to puppeteer ultron then, at least for the public?
if it took 2 sensors to make the arm work, and you are using 2 sensors to for the legs to make the other arm move, why don't you just have those latter sensors just tell the other arm where to go. You don't need the abstraction of the legs, you can just record the other arm's movements.
ah, i see now
I probably just missed/forgot your reasoning behind that decision, but why did you choose to go with that complicated solution with two motion capture sensors on the legs (when your Ultron robot has no legs)? Wouldn't it be easier to just use those two sensors on the right arm, thus making BOTH arms fully and independently puppeteerable?
I see - thanks for the quick reply! Loving your work.
James Burton, a cool project for you would be making a small Transformer. if you don't know what Transformers are, look up Transformers The Last Knight trailer
A robot who turns into a vehicle. Some turn into cars, others jets, etc.
artificial neural nets for predicting arm position based on body language? An idea.
Skynet wants to have a word with james, judgement day is coming.
I like the ad better on this. :)
why you didn't make the chest pannel to move with the arms? Ultron will be looks more natural when the chest moves with arms together
James Bruton oh my thank you for reply. Your projects are getting interesting!
James, will you tune to the code to make the joints more responsive? They seem a bit slow compared to the controller.
Awesome! I'm very excited to see the future episodes for Ultron, they keep getting better :)
Wait, so is he going to be more of an animatronic? Or is he actually going to be like an AI robot?
you should apply the ultron upper to the robot x lower, then it will be a real robot
When will u pit the motion capture suit on
when are you going to do the legs
Jeremy Schmitt he's not
it would also activate the force sensors and other factors he would have to make less sensitive
I think the puppet needs a name. If I had to name it myself, I'd name it "Tony" because it controls Ultron as Tony Stark wanted to.
15:24 Ultrons back left panel with the friction fit falls off
Is it possible to combine robot x and Ultron?
Make him touch hand. It'de be the first time he actually makes contact with himself.
wow I would have made Robocop or terminator
I was starting to think that
Why don't you just take the sensors off the legs and put them on the other arm. It will be much easier. Won't it?
what camera do you use for filming James?
James Bruton the video quality is great
Why not use a kinect?
nice
is it just me or did ultron loose his back plate at 15:23
the back panel came loose at 15:30
I feel that the little puppet's name should be Frank
if you make a robot that has full range of motion arms could you make it dab?
117mastercheaf XD
the many more mini robots for ultron to built the more privacy and distance you get. you can just walk along your kitchen, doing stuff and ultron is doing the shit for you hehe. or better you by the remote ;) coder2coder we call him kalep. you know, copyright stuff. take it easy mate
when the AI is complete, he will destroy the motion capture gear, while saying, "there are no strings on me."
dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun
Get a oculus rift to correspond with the camera! To become Ultron! Like if you agree.
What 3d printer do you use?
James Bruton
OK thank you.
Do yourself a favour and switch from euler to quaternions or matrices