A few more weeks have passed, with considerable results. Lots of steps have been taken to finish the first leg (pun intended). An overview of parts that have been manufactured, that are now more or less finished and can already be assembled. (more…)
Category: Tachikoma robot
Project Tachikoma, prototype III iterate, iterate and iterate
Haven taken some time off from work for the Christmas holiday season, I am back in the saddle of building/designing my robot. Hereby the fruits of my labor for the first week. The efforts so far have been in optimizing the design for printing and assembly. This mostly involved foreseeing problems, correcting them, printing, finding […]
Project Tachikoma, prototype III first 3D prints
Several parts for the Tachikoma’s third prototype leg have now been printed in both blue and gray ABS. In this article an overview, with images, lessons learned and design considerations for the next print iteration. (more…)
Project Tachikoma, Make Magazine interview
During the Design for 3D printing course on Udemy I was approached by Thomas Parker of Make Magazine through the accompanying Google+ community. To promote the course on the Make blog he wanted to interview one of the participants. (more…)
Project Tachikoma, prototype III ontwerp vorderingen en referentie informatie
So far the third prototype iteration has been progressing forward. In this article an overview will be given of several design aspects and the ideas and considerations behind them. Multiple images are included to illustrate the initial concept, an in between variant or iteration and the end design for which was settled. For those interested, […]