epilepticsquirl
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Here's a link to installing servos into a Bucky skull which I think I will try to adapt to this one. Bucky Servo
That link is brilliant! I'm going to be referring to that for sure whenever I find the right eyes!
Here's a link to installing servos into a Bucky skull which I think I will try to adapt to this one. Bucky Servo
Ha, yes, though on occasion they have managed to 'break' Geoff a few times, the best was once the arm quit working and several people were shown on camera with tools trying to fix Geoff while Craig heckled the whole thing and Thompson continued to voice Geoff as if in pain from their manhandling. Sadly a cursory YouTube search doesn't return a video of it.hmm...
Considering Grant's a master robot builder I have no doubt that he over engineered the skull to industrial spec's so it'd last as long as possible.
I wonder how difficult it would be to switch the LED's on these. For the price it's not much of a risk.
LED Indicator [LMB-110-BLUE] : Industrial Control Direct, Automation Control - Wire Management Systems
On the sketch from the Popular Mechanics page there's a reference to "dual 53517" servos for the jaws though what that means I have no idea. I've tried Googling "53517" and "S3517" and had no luck figuring out what Imahara's sketch refers to.
To me it's possible that this sketch was an initial guide he made for himself and may not match the final build.
I was looking back through pictures I had found and noticed this. I wonder if this is Geoff's eye circled?
If you notice there's an RC truck body visible on the work bench in some shots so it looks like perhaps Imahara cannibalized it for servo parts? Perhaps it's a steering servo that actuates the jaw motion?
I just don't know enough yet about how servos work to know how to build these parts.
The only thing I know about Geoff is that the arm and neck are apparently powered by tonegawa ssps 105 servos according to Mr Imahara.