Hey James, good job on this video, the droid is coming along great! I had a pretty interesting idea when watching the 3D printing and noticed that the printers made some droid-like sounds sometimes when in action. I was thinking that you could use some sped-up recordings of the 3D printers for some of the sounds that the droid makes, when you get to that point. It would be cool as the droid is completely 3D printed, and would use some 3D printer sounds, just thought I'd throw that out there :)
***** I'm really happy with how quickly the basic shape of this thing came together. This might be the most exciting project you have going on currently, to me at least.
Looking sweet as always James! Can tell you're having fun with driving this droid :D ! Can't wait to see how this progresses in the future! Looking forward to my favorite episode of the week as well.. Friday's Xenemorph cosplay ! Also happens to be the day of my Architecture presentation for Uni for my last module this term. Looks like i will have something fun to watch after !!
I'm new to your channel, found out about it when I saw your BB-8 videos. Just wanted to say that I have a lot of respect for your projects! Kind regards from The Netherlands!
wow it looks and works incredibly well, im really warming up to it not ever having skins as it already looks really detailed and unique. Im glad most of the major printing is now done and you can get on with the electronics and adding gadgets and lights and stuff.
Craig Smith, one of the original old school R2 Builders, did a "naked" droid, which he branded as an R8 several years ago. James' R6 reminds me of the concept. No skins, and though the details weren't exactly screen accurate, they were more like artistic impressions. His was a hand-cut aluminum and brass droid that did 2-3-2 very nicely. One of my favorites in the group. I'm enjoying this build, James, and it's given me some nice ideas to incorporate into my current build. I've always been interested in ideas that think outside the box. Very interesting, the central tube and bearings for dome rotation. Definitely giving me some ideas. :)
I like the decision to go with smaller bearings. They would have done the same back in the day if Kenny Baker wasn't on the inside of it. I think it will ultimately bring new options and more flexability.
You could build the various different heads, as in the Star Wars Galaxy often these were for different purposes. And swap them over from time to time. Be careful routing up the central tube, as any wires / electronic cables not mounted to the head are liable to fatigue due to the constant twisting. Especially if you twist the head more than 360 degrees, although you could possibly use a brush coupler, to get power (or do the same with ball-bearings and 3D printed tracks). I'm sure there are commercially available solutions as well though.
This is probably a expensive idea but add a wireless camera and a long radio transmitter so you can go to like the other side of your town from home. It sounds badass
Looks absolutely amazing! It was such a good idea to entirely 3D print it, I can feel that all the driving and movements will be pretty slick, due to the light weight. What do you plan to do with the head? Add a little bit of skin? And some video projector in the eye maybe? :-D I can't wait to see you handle the controller part, at last this thing will be functional. Keep it up!
i hope you read this its just an idea but you could add a part in the head (were the eye goes) a opening panel so you can put in a camera so you can have a R2 cam for when you go to conventions
excuse me sir, i love your work.I usually wanted to do something like that.This is amazing!!Can you tell what should i study to learn about what you shows in your channel?build armours and robots with 3d printer and do it works.
looking forward to see what gizmos your going to put in your R6. I`m sure you`ve probably thought of something similar and are of course for ahead in the build anyway, but there seems to be a lot of scope in wifi control using a Raspberry pi (which i`m sure you`ll have planned to have in there some place already ;) ) Not only do you get the chance of some computer driving assistance and automation, but also laptop or android phone/tablet control (or diy controller) but 2 way communication, maybe using a jpg server for the camera to give you a video feed. Also lots of gpio pins for chatting to other arduinos in charge of flashy lights and other automatons. I`m sure theres still a lot of fun to be had hacking the analogue channels of the controller. adversarial compatibility rules ;)
personally i would have used a wide angle high torque servo attached directly at the to of the neck shaft because it will realign itself to face forward and have that sort of jolt of movement like in the films if you jolt the stick rather than a slow to fast speed. other than that good job!
***** oh you wanted that spinning effect, i didnt think of that lol. yes your way is best for that :) you mentioned data transfer between the head and body, how does that work without wires tangling?
kaka karrotcake He mentions a slip ring at 6:55. These are specifically designed for infinite rotation without twisting the wires. You can see how they work on the wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_ring
Hey James, I have a question regarding printing with abs. I just recently got my first printer. I am having problems getting the abs layers to bond correctly, when I print in PLA I have good layer adhesion and over all a strong part. When I print in ABS my part is brittle and I can peel the layers apart pretty easily. Can you tell me what temp you print your abs at? I have tried anywhere from 230c to 280c and they all seem pretty similar in strength. I have a heated bed which I heat to 100c and have no problems with it lifting off the bed or anything, the prints come out looking nice but are pretty weak. Thanks for any help
yo sup bro, i wonder how would it work if you try to build the Nautilus costume from Leaque of Legends, i quess it would be pretty cool what you say bro ?
Please I need your answer, I am 17 and I don't know what I am going to study, did you study robotics? Because I want to do that awesome robots... Is very cool
Just out of curiosity, James, are you gonna give it a "bad motivator:? Also, have you given any thoughts to its Full designation? R6-D**? If not, may I suggest R6-D14?
+M3 AllTech The printer with a dual extruder is a Lulzbot Taz with the FlexyDually Tool Head, with one nozzle for ABS/PLA/HIPS, and one for NinjaFlex or SemiFlex, but they also make a dual extruder that can do two different types of standard plastic.
i have arduino code, which takes the sum signal from a reciever, demultiplexes the channels, does the v-mixer stuff and decodes multiswitch channels in robbe-format - can send it to you, if you are intrested. It's from my astromech project which currently sleeps in our cave.
Never stop making these videos James. Learning an enormous amount
I think that spinning around while the head spins in other direktion has become the signature thing that the droid does.
This guy is a genius! I wish I could complete 1/10th of the projects he undertakes
Hey James, good job on this video, the droid is coming along great! I had a pretty interesting idea when watching the 3D printing and noticed that the printers made some droid-like sounds sometimes when in action. I was thinking that you could use some sped-up recordings of the 3D printers for some of the sounds that the droid makes, when you get to that point. It would be cool as the droid is completely 3D printed, and would use some 3D printer sounds, just thought I'd throw that out there :)
Always unique the way u do these things. Always impresses me. Keep up the awesome work!
Looking really amazing now James! keep up the good work
The droid is starting to look really awesome.
I really liked when the body was spinning but the head kept looking at me. That was awesome.
***** I'm really happy with how quickly the basic shape of this thing came together. This might be the most exciting project you have going on currently, to me at least.
This is a really interesting project, can't wait to see the end result!
Oh, and have been watching since 2013-2014
Looking sweet as always James! Can tell you're having fun with driving this droid :D ! Can't wait to see how this progresses in the future! Looking forward to my favorite episode of the week as well.. Friday's Xenemorph cosplay ! Also happens to be the day of my Architecture presentation for Uni for my last module this term. Looks like i will have something fun to watch after !!
Great work James!! Can't wait to see him at next event! :)
Wow, it's coming together so quickly. I'm still not 100% sold on the no skins idea, but you know what you're doing
I'm new to your channel, found out about it when I saw your BB-8 videos. Just wanted to say that I have a lot of respect for your projects!
Kind regards from The Netherlands!
Great work as always!
Looks Great James!
I really like how the droid is coming together, If you add sounds to the droid it would be cool if you sampled sounds from your 3-D printers.
wow it looks and works incredibly well, im really warming up to it not ever having skins as it already looks really detailed and unique. Im glad most of the major printing is now done and you can get on with the electronics and adding gadgets and lights and stuff.
Craig Smith, one of the original old school R2 Builders, did a "naked" droid, which he branded as an R8 several years ago. James' R6 reminds me of the concept. No skins, and though the details weren't exactly screen accurate, they were more like artistic impressions. His was a hand-cut aluminum and brass droid that did 2-3-2 very nicely. One of my favorites in the group. I'm enjoying this build, James, and it's given me some nice ideas to incorporate into my current build. I've always been interested in ideas that think outside the box. Very interesting, the central tube and bearings for dome rotation. Definitely giving me some ideas. :)
Excellent as usual my man!
I like the decision to go with smaller bearings. They would have done the same back in the day if Kenny Baker wasn't on the inside of it. I think it will ultimately bring new options and more flexability.
You could build the various different heads, as in the Star Wars Galaxy often these were for different purposes. And swap them over from time to time.
Be careful routing up the central tube, as any wires / electronic cables not mounted to the head are liable to fatigue due to the constant twisting. Especially if you twist the head more than 360 degrees, although you could possibly use a brush coupler, to get power (or do the same with ball-bearings and 3D printed tracks). I'm sure there are commercially available solutions as well though.
looking great, does the rc controller not have any channel mixing functions? this would save on having to program an on board controller,
This is probably a expensive idea but add a wireless camera and a long radio transmitter so you can go to like the other side of your town from home. It sounds badass
***** ok :) but I thought like in your ironman hulkbuster like a old phone screen connected to a camera
Great video as allways :)
why not put the motor in the middle direktlich attached to the top?
Looks absolutely amazing! It was such a good idea to entirely 3D print it, I can feel that all the driving and movements will be pretty slick, due to the light weight.
What do you plan to do with the head? Add a little bit of skin? And some video projector in the eye maybe? :-D
I can't wait to see you handle the controller part, at last this thing will be functional.
Keep it up!
i hope you read this its just an idea but you could add a part in the head (were the eye goes) a opening panel so you can put in a camera so you can have a R2 cam for when you go to conventions
Reinventing the wheel, fesky taranis radio control will mix however you wish :--)
excuse me sir, i love your work.I usually wanted to do something like that.This is amazing!!Can you tell what should i study to learn about what you shows in your channel?build armours and robots with 3d printer and do it works.
looking forward to see what gizmos your going to put in your R6. I`m sure you`ve probably thought of something similar and are of course for ahead in the build anyway, but there seems to be a lot of scope in wifi control using a Raspberry pi (which i`m sure you`ll have planned to have in there some place already ;) ) Not only do you get the chance of some computer driving assistance and automation, but also laptop or android phone/tablet control (or diy controller) but 2 way communication, maybe using a jpg server for the camera to give you a video feed. Also lots of gpio pins for chatting to other arduinos in charge of flashy lights and other automatons. I`m sure theres still a lot of fun to be had hacking the analogue channels of the controller. adversarial compatibility rules ;)
motors with an off center drive shaft can be rotated to tension the belt.
wiring this puppy up is going to look messy, how are you planning to hide the nest? conduits? or maybe print and glue on lugs for cable tires?
It's meant to look messy, that's the point
Looking good james.
Any reason why you didn't 3d print a giant bearing? I bet they would make a lot of noise I guess.
Wait James I just watched your Iron man suit videos, can you do the hands without a 3D printer?!
personally i would have used a wide angle high torque servo attached directly at the to of the neck shaft because it will realign itself to face forward and have that sort of jolt of movement like in the films if you jolt the stick rather than a slow to fast speed. other than that good job!
***** oh you wanted that spinning effect, i didnt think of that lol. yes your way is best for that :) you mentioned data transfer between the head and body, how does that work without wires tangling?
kaka karrotcake He mentions a slip ring at 6:55. These are specifically designed for infinite rotation without twisting the wires. You can see how they work on the wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_ring
i always wondered how those work!
Seems like a certain droid is...ahead of the game...
...but is it the one you're looking for?
Dude get yours of a rc v-tail mixer and plug your motors to the ailerons and elevator channel that's all you will need
Hey James, I have a question regarding printing with abs. I just recently got my first printer. I am having problems getting the abs layers to bond correctly, when I print in PLA I have good layer adhesion and over all a strong part. When I print in ABS my part is brittle and I can peel the layers apart pretty easily. Can you tell me what temp you print your abs at? I have tried anywhere from 230c to 280c and they all seem pretty similar in strength. I have a heated bed which I heat to 100c and have no problems with it lifting off the bed or anything, the prints come out looking nice but are pretty weak. Thanks for any help
Please build a music player in it!
Or even a beamer in the head!
Just like the real droids
***** cool can't wait
asultani123 me too!!
what kind of 3d printer would you recommend for $200-$300 U.S.
for building a astromech
You should make a skin for the Droid but make it really easy to remove
yo sup bro, i wonder how would it work if you try to build the Nautilus costume from Leaque of Legends, i quess it would be pretty cool what you say bro ?
hi，thanks for your reply，could you please tell me how to make the printing stuff smooth ?by sand paper?
Please I need your answer, I am 17 and I don't know what I am going to study, did you study robotics? Because I want to do that awesome robots... Is very cool
James i just have to ask, what do you think about being able to 3D print anything?
Doctorstein
You can print another printer these days.
wah...cool. all parts were printed by 3D printer ?
yes, except for the motors, bearings, metal studding, castors and a few screws,
Just out of curiosity, James, are you gonna give it a "bad motivator:? Also, have you given any thoughts to its Full designation? R6-D**? If not, may I suggest R6-D14?
Ah, gotcha. For XRobots, I assume. It's amazing.
3D print a bearing?
Have you not got a plaque from TH-cam with 100,000 subscribers?
How didnit cost you to build the frame? Do you have 3d print files?
do you have a 3d printer that takes 2 filament roles if so please can i have the name
+M3 AllTech The printer with a dual extruder is a Lulzbot Taz with the FlexyDually Tool Head, with one nozzle for ABS/PLA/HIPS, and one for NinjaFlex or SemiFlex, but they also make a dual extruder that can do two different types of standard plastic.
Hi! can somebody tell me where can i find all the 3D piece files?
Thanks!
***** Heres a idea for a project....make the Five Nights at Freddy's Animatronics!
i have arduino code, which takes the sum signal from a reciever, demultiplexes the channels, does the v-mixer stuff and decodes multiswitch channels in robbe-format - can send it to you, if you are intrested.
It's from my astromech project which currently sleeps in our cave.
Make the real steal ATOM robot
what kind of remote do you use ?
still say skin half ... Thunmb this up maybe he will notice it...
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