Star Wars GNK Droid #11 | More Walking & Next Steps | James Bruton
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- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2016
- Making it walk on a firm floor and turn on the spot. Also my thoughts on the next robot project. The sounds came from:
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Boston Dynamics, you have some competition!
this droid has SO much personality! I think all the little imperfections etc add up to make it almost animate itself more realistically.
RIP GNK! I much prefer the new sounds, amazing work James!
Bender! That would be epic.
James, if your looking for ideas for your next walking robot, base it's outer shell on Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century -- Your current leg design on Gonk would fit into Twiki's body frame very easily -- You would also have the added bonus of being the first one to build an actual walking one -- Great videos as always --
I agree that the current droid is at the edge of working. I really like the new plan. I have been tinkering with the ideal of a two ram system. In principle its a very simple design. My issue is building it for a reasonable cost and size.
Drill and lead screw is the only way i see it working. It will be fun seeing how you approach it.
11:04
That sound perfectly matched the camera refocussing ^^
People like you should live 4000 years! you are a genius
Amazing! You've done an incredible job with a massively challenging project. Love it!
He just doesn't get the views he deserves... :(
TechNerd01 Better off with a wheeled robot
I am a fan. I have been stuck with tracked robots for so many years and love watching you make legs WORK
Love the new Gonk sounds, this little guy seems complete, it's a bit unnerving to see it walking by itself as I've never seen an actual robotic Gonk before, seems alive,
As for the new project, I look forward to the build,
There are so many Robots out there that I'd love to see you make, The silent running droids, black hole droids, C3PO of course, but the original Marvin from Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy would be perfect 😃👍
Man. This droid has come a long way. . .It actually walks pretty decent compared to how it used to. lol
Nice improvement on the sounds. Looking forward to the next build.
I'm surprised that anyone disliked your gonk sounds. They were great. GONNNKKK!
I think the sounds please us. The gonk takes me back. Awsome job
Absolutely one of ur coolest builds!!
thanks for sharing James :)
Love the idea for the new build. Modular robots are great!
Something occurs to me.... there's no talk about how the GNK will power anything! You should install a phone charger or something on the top. Maybe a wireless charging pad so you can just set your phone on it to charge :)
What a brilliant creation
are you gonna make this gnk droid actually hold power and have plugs?
USB ports for people to charge their phones when he's at the conventions lol
droidtigger And a wireless charge plate or would that interfere with the controls?
you are amazing. It took Boston Dynamics years, a complete team and lots of dollars to build the awesome walking robot but you are getting close real fast. Whole industries with big teams are developing humanoid walking robots. Are you gonna beat them all?
ahh looks great feet are father apart it walking really good great work
My favorites droids ❤
This new bipedal project sounds like it's going to be very interesting. Can't wait to see the results of that!
I want to see this robot in the next star wars movie!!!!!!!!!!
Great job mate, That is a load of work. If you do a push pull joint with two motors it may be hard to load share, especially with lead screws as they don't back drive well. I was thinking you could put a current sensor on each motor, then you could balance the currents during motion.
A note on brushless DC. While they are a pain to drive. You do get electrical gearing out of them so you need less motor gearing. This will help the backlash. I always wanted a brushless servo "module" and I did make one but never mass produced them.
this would be pretty cool if it had some built in power banks so it can actually charge things like phones or tablets, make it a working power droid.
zenol leytan That would be awesome!
zenol leytan And a separate rechargeable power module with a fold out solar panel so it can at least compensate for some power consumption without going to charge a separate battery every little bit
I made 1 recently
A Cyberman would be pretty cool
Im sitting watching this wearing my new xrobots starwars tshirt and it looks amazing. I like the idea of a skinned robot that you u can change to look like other robots, but I really want to see if you can make the walking mechanism work a lot better, it's still amazing what you have achieved on this project/
more walking and next steps? I see what you did there James
amazing
Like your DIY GOOOONNK! better amazing build! Bender Bending Rodriguez, Sr. incoming.
+James Bruton Perhaps you could print some shoe soles out of NinjaFlex and attach those to the bottom of the robotic feet. It would hopefully provide additional traction for the feet, as well as being able to lessen the stress and impact to the overall robot by providing some cushion with each step.
GONK! I like the idea of having it be a charging station for conventions, people could plug their devices in and rest them on top....
I like the reusable chassis idea.
Do you have an Angle Grinder? Its just about the most useful tool for basic metalworking. With a cutoff wheel you can easily cut rod, extrusions, plate and sheet metal.
You can grind flats (square or hex) on your 12m rod so it will fit in the drill chuck. Simple and positive engagement.
Safety glasses and caution a must.
hello that is a very nice idea to use drill motor that is my first idea i hope see fast thank you for your post
Hey James, try upgrading your drill Motors with Mabuchi rs-550 vc 6060 12v motors, I have used them myself, they are compatible with the cheap planetary Gearbox of most cordless drills, you only have to knock the Pinion/Gear off your old motor with a Bolt or a screwdriver (old motor will be damaged in the process) and carefully press them on the axle of the Mabuchi motors. (I used a vice and blocked the back where the axle comes out of the motor with a Bolt to prevent damage to the motor.) The Mabuchi motors are way more powerful and are used in Powerwheels (the electric cars for kids).
Here in Germany they cost 8€ a piece but I think you can get them cheaper.
I used them for a Robot that weighed around ten kilos an was moved by two 20cm Wheels, the Motors are Overkill and did a burnot every time I gave them power without a regulator. By the way, these motors spin slower than the cheap ones but are high torque and run cooler.
But try your drill motors (before you consider changing to Mabuchis) they are also good and may be better suited for the screw because they turn faster.
It did not start as my favourite build but it's beautiful.
hello james im a big fan of your projects in general its amazing what you are able to put together. thinking of some future ideas maybe you could do a mose droid or a light sabre.. C3PO would be cool as well
a 100 times thumbs up
I dont often write!!! James but i think a cool idea would be a project of a drone that can walk take off and has arms to grab things!! Integrate the AI you are using and even eyes on it!!!
Twiggy from Buck Rogers! Make that with those legs.
Please make C3PO!! Next level robot build, but I think you could pull it off..!
I hope you're planning on bringing it to Florida in April. ;)
Just ship it to someone who lives in Florida before you come.
Making something can fly
Super😯😯😯,,,i'm from bangladesh,,, your first viewer!!!
ive used those drill motors (from argos, right?) for my combat robot's drive system, they definately throw about the 16kg robot easily and fast!
you sould do metabee from medabots.... by sounds of it you wanna build a sort of tinpet (a universal skeleton) that you can just add on outer shells to (medaparts.) there lots of references on the internet, it would truly be a challenge but im sure a man of your intellect can do it
You should make it so it has power output just like the actual droid! :)
Some robot shell ideas - Alpha 5 from Power Rangers or Big Hero 6!
nice
Although it would take a lot of work, the robot's performance could be greatly improved if it could detect the gradient of the floor so that it could automatically adjust itself in order to walk in a straight line. Considering the show floor for the robot would be practically flat though, this might be unnecessary.
Seeing what is involved in making even a rudimentary walking robot makes me appreciate the abilities of legged creatures far more than I otherwise would have. Even the simplest of organisms seem so complex compared to our machines.
Looking forward to it!
Make a grinder lathe with wood or 3D printing to reduce the diameter of the lead screws and add 3 flats. Or see if a drill bit sharpening place would do it.
A grinder would make it possible, if your concerned watch Matthias Wandel's video on making a wood lathe. Or just have a tool sharpening place do it, they could grind the shaft same as any drill shank.
I used one of those drill to make a all aluminium Minigun recently the power is fine, but the battery runs down pretty quickly under continues use.
Please please please add a removable cup holder so he can bring you a pint from across the room.
try large digital continuous rotation servos.
Hi James im about to start work on a robot arm project and was going to use linear actuators off ebay however your idea of using a drill and lead screw is genius any chance you could link where you got them or equivalent
thankyou!
awesome thankyou
you could make the Channel 4 robot, same principle as the gonk.
I don’t think he says “gonk” enough
Build a TWIKI robotfrom Buck Rogers in the 25th century!
basically, building ultron lower body
Hexer Gene you mock the great GONK
Nice socks.
Looks like the left foot comes higher off the ground than the right foot. The right foot looks like it barely clears the floor -- could be an issue, especially if changing surfaces.
True - that would explain it.
How about the 'female robot' from Metropolis as a possibility? Just a thought. You could make see through or clear parts, if possible. Again, just a thought.
could this idea of new legs be used to give ultron legs? it would be really cool to see a full sized ultron walking around
A coupler, or 3d print a lathe ;)
YESSSSSS DO BENDER!!!
A new weapon to surpass metal gear
What wire do you use? I am looking to get into electronics and I was wondering where you get your wire and what type it is? Thanks.
would be great if you could make a predator shoulder cannon
James, have you thought about having the walking be controlled by machine learning algorithms so that it will optimize itself?
Hey James,
why would you need IMUs in the legs?
You have one in the body and each joint position is known to you via a feedback pot so you know the whole state of the robot...
Actually, I would really like to try out coding some more sophisticated walking algorithm
Excited for next week!
-quertz
Hey James, would it be possible to program the Gonk droid to take longer, slower steps? Fantastic project btw.
Hello James, why don't you size up the new leg design to fit Ultron? They don't necessarily need to Ultron's final legs but I'm sure you will learn much from having that compatibility. Regards,
Robby the Robot - Forbidden Planet / Lost In space
i think you should build chappie
G O N K
James I'm planning to make a robot that mimics bat flight patterns do you think that's is possible to finish in 3 months.
build Number 5 from Short Circuit
@9:10 It looks like the bot isn't lifting his right foot as high as his left.
I didn't really understand the new leg mechanism you were describing, will I have to wait a week to see it?
Also, why are you trying to reduce the amount of "position freedom" even more? Hips, knees, and ankle from all one motor?
James Bruton ; oh, my mistake! Thanks for replying and producing these episodes! I've learned so much about engineering, programming, robotics (etc) from your channel!
Can I have the link to the motors with the 90 gear box that you are replacing?
Gonk droids were power droids..were you planning on adding charging sticks to it?
I want to buy this
Where did you get this Dr.Strange shirt from?
great plans!
On a side note, the music in the intro and outro is bit louder than the rest of the audio and destroy my eardrums every time i forget it's coming...
You could put the legs on Ultron if you wanted.
That would look rather retarded
And dangerous.
How about Twiki from Buck Rogers?
build legs for ultron xD
*cough* 2013 cyberman *cough*
if you upgrade the motors could you not add more weight to it to compensate
to then slow the speed of it walking down or some kind of breaking system for it to work against to slow the speed of it down with the new motors...i dont do programming so it all i can come up with
wow ive shocked myself there that actually im right about it,
i havent seen the second half of the video yet ....not bad for
some one whos dyslexic and and never went
to school lol
Why am I just now seeing this video
I haven't watched very many of his videos, but is he ever gonna make Ultron walk?
With Rob Gronkowski out with an injury, could you make a GRONK droid to fill in for him?
Make a working terminator endoskeleton
You build god
I want to make one of these by give it a portable outlet and a USB port
what about making a star wars pit droid?