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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Thomas Countz on January 18, 2009, 05:24:54 PM
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Originally I just wanted to create a cardboard model of the robotic arm I was going to build. Then someone suggested I mount servos in it, then someone suggested I make it into a caterpillar...now what?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNzc4VKkegE&feature=channel[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk72rECBTdg&feature=channel[/youtube]
More info: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/4468
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add weight to the board
use thicker cardboard.
i am also trying to make one now... ;D
i'll give you the specs and designs
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Maybe put a graber on the front? Would be interesting on both designs. :D
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You forgot lasers man! Lasers!
Nice little thing you got going on there :)
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with cardboard you can do so many things is impresive
I created the wolverine claws that move :)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8A6fCtV6E[/youtube]
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wow, that cardboard looks really strong ??? and good job on the claw ma-bobs... you should dress up as wolverine and run up to random people in the street, do the claw thing and growl at them... and video it for our entertainment...
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people underestimate the power of cardboard
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really does depend on the type of cardboard...
some are weak as s*%t!
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really does depend on the type of cardboard...
some are weak as s*%t!
Tell me about it, when I got into robots I was trying to make one out of a cereal box, but fail, the servos where to heavy for the cardboard, it just bended and was touching the ground.
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With weaker cardboards you just have to add some support such as cross braces and such. Cardboard can be a pretty valuable tool for prototyping as made apparent above
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yep, skewers work wonders with reinforcement!
thin balsa wood is also good for prototyping new things..
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I stick bent paperclips through the cardboard to reinforce it.
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how does that work? like, do you weave it through?
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you know how there is holes all of the way through cardboard from a certain angle? I stick the paper clips throuch those and maybe even through the other way perpindicular to that.
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is that the cardboard with the zig-zagged crap in between two pieces?
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ya
is there any other kind (probably a stupid question)?
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there is the thinner stuff that is more strong... it has no gap in the middle for air... that stuff you have is used mainly for moving boxes etc, where strength isn't much of an issue...
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well I have to inprovise, I mean I would rather reinforce than buy new.
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*sigh* don't we all? but some things are better bought new than scrapped... but if i was going to buy materials for a chassis i would get some hdpe or metal from somewhere...
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Originally I just wanted to create a cardboard model of the robotic arm I was going to build. Then someone suggested I mount servos in it, then someone suggested I make it into a caterpillar...now what?
After seeing a full size Wall-E robot made out of cardboard, I'mm watching a T-800 robot being built the same way. Amazing! That guy has Talent and Time do do it properly. We are just amateurs...
Wall-E robot archives:
http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html (http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html)
http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html (http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html)
http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html (http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html)
http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html (http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html)
http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html (http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html)
T-800 robot:
http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/ (http://elsocraft.blogspot.com/)
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like I said...
people underestimate the power of cardboard
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like with all materials, it depends on how you use it, not the material itself...