Robocain - Robocop 2 robot

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Okay, okey. Three advantages.

lol, Ed cant even walk down stairs! I do believe Cain negotiated a lift shaft with no lift in it!

Top notch, still on course for a christmas finish?

Yeh, or possibly just after, i'll have a week off at xmas so I can tidy up all the loose ends then.

 

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smoothed the chest edges off and re primed

Now stripping the torso apart, the top plate is the old one the shoulders were mounted on, now I know exactly where they need to mount I made the plate at the bottom with the holes in the right place. Also re tapping holes and generally tidying up the insides.

 

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2nd leg time.

im briefly documenting this as its pretty much the same as the other one

got my micro switches through and fitted them onto the screw drive, so it'll cut the power when it gets to the end of its travel.

fitted up, made a few little brackets and hangers, one you can see above the motor

lump of delrin

thats about 8 hours work, getting my head down here.

 

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway

Been working on the video file. Cut up the film into the clips of Cain, then cropped the image, did this for each section, spliced together, adjusted the brightness and contrast so it looks correct on the OLED

and made a knee.

The original styrene capping on the right seemed a bit amatuer so I made 2 new ones out of delrin

 

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Yeh I might try for some publicity when its finished.

Im still working on the other leg, not much to show really, just a mirror of the first leg, I'll post some pics soon.

Had a bit of a set back, been working on getting the oled screen in place in the head and I think I must have danaged the ribbon cable on the botom of the screen as its started to fail. lines of the display are dropping out, no chance of sending it back as ive modified it somewhat now. So i've either got to spend ANOTHER £70 or forget the whole head thing, im scared even if I get another I might screw that up too

 

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You're a lunatic Ryan! Amazing craftmanship as always though

Good grief, its you! hope you are well mate, glad to have you onboard

How much have you spent (time/money) on him so far?

time about 450 hours, maybe a bit more. Money, £410 but now I need to spend another 60-70 for a new screen

 

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Indeed, the oh so small world of the internet! I've moved back to LB recently so we'll have to catch up with a frothy beverage soon

will do buddy

Ok quick update, ive been working away on the leg

knee pad

ankle bit

another bit, just a straight copy

glad thats done

 

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more leg

The little shock absorbers were made from 4 pieces, the cylinder with a U shaped piece on each end. I have now remade using 2 pieces, from one piece of bar.

glad all this is done

 

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ribbon cable has aparently got a tiny circuit on it, its this that might be damaged, I have another unit on is way.

Feet

these were a pain but finally I have a set of 4

again I wasnt happy with the 1st back of the foot I made so using that as a template I made 2 new ones out of a single piece of delrin. Also the little pistons were ally rod with a styrene U shape. I have now remade both side using a solid piece for each half of the piston.

all together now

Same again here, using the styrene as a prototype I machined a new set using delrin.

 

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Impressive as usual, the attention to detail is amazing.

Out of interest are there any forums for similar builds/things being made out of aluminium from scratch? Reason I ask is I've got a little custom RC car and a couple of the bit's I wouldn't mind being aluminium instead of plastic so trying to find someone that would be able to fabricate them.

lol thats what I do! just click my sig and shoot me an email, i'll quote you.

 

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Thats considerate of you, thanks Thats fine I dont mind little projects.

 

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Ok Drum roll please!

standing on its own 2 feet!

Test fit of the chest, this is as far as its getting for a day or 2, I need to strip it down again and modify a few bits.

 

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the best thing ive seen on here creative wise


one thing thats bugging me are you when finished going to polish every part or are you doing that to every part as you fit

how are you implementing the nuke aswell ?

Just gonna rub the metal parts back to give a brushed look.

Not easy to photograph this as its huge!

He does balance ok on 2 feet, but obviously top heavy. I need to raise the hips and hydraulics up a bit to get him looking a bit taller.

(yes thats my hand scared it'll fall over!)

legs

A lot of the panels and stuff is obviously not attached and all the pipes etc need to be done.

Cant take any more pics now, already back in about 100 pieces!

 

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Thanks guys

Ahh, the yellow Nova, didnt put two and two together, still got it?

nope, went last year. I have a 172 for now.

 

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got the head setup where I want it, seems to be working ok.

some shiney pics

made this stand that will hook inside the body, just to give support so he doesnt topple over, makes me feel safer!

new screen installed, I forgot how complicated i made it!

test run seems ok

 

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rubbing down and painting.

 

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Hi guys, im done, have been pretty ill this last couple of days so i'll post some pics from last week but you'll have to wait a few days before im up and about again.

 

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Will you be selling this when it's completed?

I will certainly listen to offers, large one obviously

Certainly is getting there!

By...your done? do you mean the whole project is done?

yes

Do you drink alcohol, i bet you are tee total?

I have an occasional drink, but months can elapse without any.

 

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Don't think there is, looks like an illusion to me from the raised surround

correct, its not flat its a sort of dome.

i'll try to get some pics up tomorrow, just about over my illness now and the weather is improving.