Very nice project! I also find it very difficult to design in a way that allows easy iterations. Sometimes you need to start fresh, it's just part of the process. Thanks for sharing!
I wanted to make my own custom controller. I also planned to use RC on other projects, so I needed to sort out the wireless communication anyway. I recently tested ESPNow and it looks promising. I considered off the shelf RC as a last resort, but the robot had other problems, so I just retired it.
@@TazerEngineering you’re right. I painstakingly went through each option and can get the shipping as low as 4 USD for a quote. That’s nice. I’m a bit sceptical though as I’ve tried going through jlcpcb and the quoted price and discounts get added and removed randomly as you upload files and select options. The final price is usually much higher than the quote. Can I get the parts included with the pcb aswell but without assembly (expensive) ? Also have you thought of doing a ”hexa” with 4 legs? Omnidirectional with perfect symmetry instead of the dog-quadruped layout.
@@autonoob I've not tried it, but I think you can buy the parts separately. As for the random changing of the price, I haven't experienced it. Also quick tip, if your PCB is smaller than 100x100mm it costs $5. I specifically designed my RC to be 100x100 for efficiency and put the joysticks on the outside. I will probably build the robot dog first, although the 4 legged asymmetric robot would have some advantages.
@TazerEngineering we are from robotics club, a student run club , we are also trying to make a hexapod, if you could make it opensource, we'll probably improve it and build over existing thing and also. Our goals seem to be common.
It's kinda sad he's going to retirement, but it definitely was a massive project. Great job on it and can't wait to see more😁
Looking forward to v2. Thanks for the transparency. Consider ESPNow as a communication protocol between robot and remote
I've recently tried ESPNow and it seems promising.
Very nice project! I also find it very difficult to design in a way that allows easy iterations. Sometimes you need to start fresh, it's just part of the process. Thanks for sharing!
hope you have a good retirement little robot!❤
i enjoyed this series very much!
Why not use an off the shelf remote control?
There's expresslrs for example which is an open protocol
I wanted to make my own custom controller. I also planned to use RC on other projects, so I needed to sort out the wireless communication anyway. I recently tested ESPNow and it looks promising.
I considered off the shelf RC as a last resort, but the robot had other problems, so I just retired it.
I would love to live in a place where a pcb costs 12 USD shipping included 😢
It’s minimum 30 USD for shipping, always.
Wow, that sucks. I selected the cheapest shipping method and it took 2 weeks. They have a faster delivery by default which costs more.
@@TazerEngineering you’re right. I painstakingly went through each option and can get the shipping as low as 4 USD for a quote. That’s nice. I’m a bit sceptical though as I’ve tried going through jlcpcb and the quoted price and discounts get added and removed randomly as you upload files and select options. The final price is usually much higher than the quote.
Can I get the parts included with the pcb aswell but without assembly (expensive) ?
Also have you thought of doing a ”hexa” with 4 legs? Omnidirectional with perfect symmetry instead of the dog-quadruped layout.
@@autonoob I've not tried it, but I think you can buy the parts separately. As for the random changing of the price, I haven't experienced it. Also quick tip, if your PCB is smaller than 100x100mm it costs $5. I specifically designed my RC to be 100x100 for efficiency and put the joysticks on the outside.
I will probably build the robot dog first, although the 4 legged asymmetric robot would have some advantages.
opensource??
I decided to not make it open source since it barely works.
@TazerEngineering we are from robotics club, a student run club , we are also trying to make a hexapod, if you could make it opensource, we'll probably improve it and build over existing thing and also. Our goals seem to be common.
@@santhoshmamidisetti You can shoot me an email and I'll send you what you want.
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