Time to finally reveal my newest robot to the world. It has been in development on and off for about 1,5 year now. I got the idea while working on my previous project, the Tachikoma. In essence it is using an existing robotics kit and replacing the generic frame parts with extremely awesome looking bits. […]
Tag: 3D Printen
Project Tachikoma, prototype III Geen poot om op te staan
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…)
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 […]
SpiderBot 3D Printer goes to grade school... with upgrades
On Thursday 22 November at elementary school De Bras in Nootdorp (the Netherlands) (link) a hour and half long workshop was held about Robots and 3D printing for 25 enthusiastic kids of classes 7 and 8 with an extreme amount of curiosity and questions. (more…)
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…)