Arm Range Test

Weather warmed up enough so I could flail about with my giant robot arms.  Nifty.

Pilot suit & Greebles

Worked on the pilot suit a bit. No digital templates, just winged it.  Foam matting is surprisingly good at absorbing an impact.  At least when I was punching myself anyway.

Sketched out a template:

Checking out the orientation of the moobs

Houston, we have moobs!

What to do about the back?

This I guess:

Front is looking nifty too:

Probably gonna make a small vid next weekend wearing the Arm module and the pilot suit.

Added some greebles to the back armor:

Back Design

Sub-Zero temps means my garage isn't much warmer so I've moved some of my operations indoors. Designed some back armor type stuff:

 
And built it. 18" ruler for scale.



Quick render of how it will look with the arms.

Initial Bowden System testing

Finally got around to trying the arms.  Unfortunately I almost knock out a light!

Second Arm

Finally got around to the second arm, and some control rod additions. Expect a video within the week!

A Handy Print

Too lazy to make a vid about the arm, but motivated enough to design & print a hand:

Unlike many hand mechanisms, the fingers rely on mechanical force: there is no rubber band or some such making the fingers spring back, making it ideal to attach motors

Mini armor

Working on a smaller, easier to handle armor set that I can easily walk around in and not require a stasis dock. I finished revising the shoulder mechanism and gave it some quick cardboard covering. Going to make a video soon demonstrating the degrees of freedom.