With a lot of help from DaveR, I have started to learn a little bit about using sketchup. After finishing my fence layout in sketchup I decided to try my hand at designing a little rover robot. This was a much more challenging project than my previous one. It was a fun experience, and I plan to start getting more complex in my designs as I am slowly learning how to create my Army of digital minions! Har Har Har!
This little one is a roving video bot. The two antennas on the back are for control & transmission of live feed video.
Sorry these photos are pretty large, so you will need to click on them to view them full size.
Thanks for checking out my progress!
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DaveR
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posted 332 days ago
Very nice Chris. So what kind of wood are you going to build it out of? :-)
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ChrisCook
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posted 332 days ago
hehe, probably mdf. Atleast until I get a CNC machine up and running for cutting metal. I guess my next blog will have to be about building torsion boxes or something so I don’t get thrown off the site. lol.
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Chris
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posted 332 days ago
Carpe Mens Mentis = To pluck/pick minds
Whose? DaveR’s?
:)
Oh… Really nice work on the rover by the way
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DaveR
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posted 332 days ago
I wondered what that meant. ;)
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ChrisCook
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posted 331 days ago
Thanks Chris. Sorry for posting things that don’t really have a lot to do with “woodworking” from the standpoint of making heirloom pieces. I do a lot of woodworking, but it is aimed in more of an inventing direction. I really love looking at the work that you guys do!
Yeah to pluck/pick or seize minds. I like that phrase for working with robotics, since you are “creating” a mind.
DaveR is the guy named DaveR right above this comment. =)
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Mark Shymanski
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posted 302 days ago
You’ve just started using SU!? Man DaveR must be one great teacher…great looking rover, nicely done drawing.
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ChrisCook
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posted 301 days ago
Thank you very much! And he is a great teacher by the way!
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