I need a new computer

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Design

This laptop is just…. awful!! It struggles to load my models into Showcase and since, for some unknown reason, it doesn’t pick up changes in Inventor like it’s supposed to for every change I have to re-material each model from the start… The...

I think I might build a new robot

by | Aug 26, 2014 | Design

The one I borrowed from Grabcad is pretty good but it’s not really ideal, it’s quite limited in it’s movement range and contorting it into the desired pose is occasionally quite frustrating. Of course you only need to build half a robot since you can...

Too much?

by | Aug 26, 2014 | Design

I added some more yaw motors but then realised that this would mean 8 motors controlling yaw but only 4 for pitch and 4 for roll…. Oh well, work in progress etc etc… it does start to look a bit much though don’t you think? Still, no one will see it...

Keep it Simple?

by | Aug 25, 2014 | Design

It doesn’t quite look it does it? :p However it’s always better to add options and mounting points before you simplify since it’s so easy to remove them afterwards. Try to think of all the possibilities so you’re able to add on more motors...

New base

by | Aug 24, 2014 | Design, Pictures, Videos

I did mention using one double long chain for one rotation axis but I think a lot can be said for just using the same length for both. This reduces part numbers since we can just use the same bits. Standard configuration would come as a 4 part X as shown below but...