[sudo-discuss] giant robot

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Cool!

I'd suggest thinking out of the box a bit more, rather than building yet
another robot arm.

3-axis arm suspended from an overhead crane suspended from the rafters?
Giant wire bender
<http://makezine.com/2012/05/03/arduino-powered-wire-bending-machine/>that
can make arbitrary structural shapes out of rebar? Construction robot with
a nailgun and circular saw that can build tiny houses out of plywood and a
pile of 2x4's? Hybrid 6-axis CNC that can do both subtractive and additive
manufacturing? Robot to lay down carbon fiber epoxy
<http://www.nasa.gov/larc/nasa-installs-giant-composite-material-research-robot/>
in arbitrary shapes
<http://www.gereports.com/post/101419232330/these-materials-scientists-are-teaching-robots>?
Research platform for soft/compliant robotics for strong but safe
human-robot interaction (see 1
<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429248/this-robot-could-transform-manufacturing/>,
2
<http://interactive.mit.edu/toward-safe-close-proximity-human-robot-interaction-standard-industrial-robots>,
3 <http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/robot-101-learning-work-humans>, 4
<http://machinedesign.com/robotics/rise-soft-robots-and-actuators-drive-them>
)?

Patrik

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i got a really fancy motor controller and a bunch of really fancy motors
> with encoders built-in, and it all works together.. and I think we should
> consider making another robot.  Here is the controller:
>
> product sheet:
> http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BXi-Tool-Controller-Debuted.pdf
>
> huge operation manual:
> http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BX300HIFMan.pdf
>
> basically the brain can control six motors, which i have, with very
> precise motion control and tracking, for example for the joints of a giant
> robot.
>
> The motors I have are a couple of sizes, but I think we should go big and
> use the 500W (2/3 horsepower) motors, so the thing can be expected to cart
> its own batteries around and be autonomous.
>
> never mind, this is a dumb idea.  but i do have the motors and controller,
> and i may be able to get more.  I guess we could build a 4x8 foot laser
> cutter or something mundane like that.
>
> -jake
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