Always impressed by the amount of work you manage to put out each episode. and I know you have other projects your working on and planning for the future.
James, you are an absolute inspiration to me and many others! I don't how you do the amazing things that you do while also managing your job and life, but keep up the great work!
Awesome work, James! Good idea layering the printed parts between sheets of metal. Keeps the weight down and adds stiffness while keeping cost down. (Time is a cost!) Time will tell on durability, but expect it to be far superior to anything previous. Great project!
What a fantastic build, love the way you are bringing all the different build methods together, metal cnc/3d printed parts. Would it be possible to put a text caption when showing the cnc/3d printer of the speeds and feeds, type of material and temps etc so we can learn what settings you use. Thanks for sharing such great content
I'm no machinist, but it seems like you could save a fair amount of time profile cutting your internal holes and leaving tabs so that it doesn't get bound up. When you pocket the holes out you do so many more passes (though I assume you know this, and have chosen to do it this way so there's less cleanup and so you need less babysitting.
My robot Dave has great arms, he is under 1M tall. I also saw another humanoid robot much smaller with very good movement. ua-cam.com/video/e-TCCmGKzQc/v-deo.html I am not sure the name of the smaller robot.
Oh yeah. The refinement is so satisfying to watch. You keep learning and applying to subsequent iterations. So glad to see your welding improve. This Old Tony made a rotating CNC welder for round items, and you may care to do so to facilitate high-tolerance difficult welds. I was watching a Boston Dynamics video that discussed the next generation of their builds, and was struck by how additive manufacturing will affect them. The basic idea is to use multipie materials in CT-scan way, such that tubing and support structures are integrated in the internals of the build. In this way hydaulics and whatnot need not be on the surface, subject to damage etc. Also, are you going to utilize tolerance-based design (I probably said that wrong) to optimize your supports? Okay, and this is the last, have you considered having other UA-camrs make some of your parts, like Adam Savage did for the Project Egress...project? On second thought, he had the devil of a time with tolerances, so maybe keep it a one-man droid outfit. Excelsior.
Speaking of Ultron, I really liked the mixed reality thing you had going. Super cool that you made things in the game change things in reality! I'm not sure if anyone has really done that before, outside of flight sim cockpits.
You should use a 16x16 or 32x32 screen for the head. Or perhaps you can even make your own with some of those LED strips you used for that tentacle mind thing from Ultron!
My only suggestion would be to the stands, in that while a single upright pole does the trick, two poles would better simulate "legs" and that you could easily put a pair of pants on the robot to hide the poles if you want to use them in a more animatronic fashion (think Halloween coming up, monster mash dance? )
Have you tried designing a high output torque harmonic drive? Would love to see your take on one. Looking for a printable direct drive joint option for heavy lifting articulated arms
If Boston Dynamics had the production and development ethos that James has, then the world would have humanoids walking around already. If I see how much James has achieved in development and actual build in the past years, then I am starting to think of Boston Dynamics as a typical over funded slow working government alike organization. I see all those people in front of me taking many coffee brakes and having meetings with a lot of bla bla all the time while James is drawing, thinking, assembling and at the same time keeping an eye on a few lulzbots and a cnc machine working.
Who do you think would buy/bought the first 10 billion robots? The general public or someone else who had the money? Imagine an umbrella corp bunker, but with robots ^^
Great job. But I think, you do not need the bearing on the plastic part with encoder. And because of this bearing you don have quite enough space for the encoder collar.
I like the look of those chunky bolts and the extrusion down the center of the torso! I'm curious if you do much sketching before hand, or work it out mostly in cad?
So I know this most likely won't happen due to time and cost (and probably a lack of demand), but I'd love to see a series on "rebuilding" and improving some previous projects, notably Hulkbuster and BB-8, with your new tools and skills/knowledge (i.e. metalworking). I started watching your channel at about episode 50 of Hulkbuster I think, and I really enjoyed watching that project, and I think you could really improve on it now.
"They can work for 3 days straight at a show" Wow 3 whole days, that's progress !!! Hulk Buster was falling apart after half an hour !!! And the boat sank on it's first voyage !!!
Rex G Very impressive build James. Such a clean build. Your videos are very well done sir.Will you eventually release a parts list and dimensional drawings? I would like to build one of these.
Idk if the cad program on your cnc can do this but you could try interpolating small holes to full depth and then machine the profile of the hole to tolerance. Could be faster and it keeps it clean for ya.
You mentioned puppeting the robots… I'm wondering how that will work in practice. I'm reminded of that virtual reality stuff you did, with Unity, and your own controllers; so I know you've dipped your toe into VR. I wonder if that might vaguely be how it's done here. …Only… With handheld motion sensing trackers, they don't know what angle your elbow is pointing; so that could end up knocking things over, if you leave elbow position up to a program. Luckily, elbow position doesn't need to be hyper-accurate to avoid knocking things over, so that opens up a few more options for tracking its position.
James, do you have any trouble getting the nylon to print and adhere to the bed? I have a luzbot mini, looking for a material that will take the desert heat here in Nevada.
Have you got a bending brake and/or a vice jaw bender? I feel like with the CNC router and those tools you'd be able to make some very strong 3D parts.
Could you make a robot that does stuff around you house like a smart robot assistant? I am building something like that at home and it would be awesome to see how you do it!
Interesting - when you were making the holes on the aluminium you chose to machine the entire material in the circle rather than just the circumference - why? Just to avoid the loose disk left over in the hole?
Great video as always. If you speed up the video when you are machining it would be very nice to see “4x” or “10x” or what ever the video speed it because it’s nice to see what your real time feeds look and feel like.
When cutting round circles with a round bit in aluminium, wouldn't it make more sense just to cut the circle and not the center? Seems like a lot of extra cutting and time that isn't necessary.
Is it possible to make "power electric steering" on an E-skateboard where you do not have to lean in order to steer, but instead use a remote control that powers the wheels like an RC car
How about giving these full freedom of movement by kitting them out with a heavier duty two wheel base like you built for your two wheel balancing robot. It would also save you having to carry and assemble them each time they are displayed.
Wow! The amount of both CNC cutting and 3d printing to complete these builds is impressive. How many printer hours will you expend on this project? How many hours are there in a day? It must barely meet your needs!
I know you'll probably not read this comment, but... Just wondering how much time you spent on designing the parts you worked on today. Also nice to see your improvement in video editing over the years :)
Its great to see how your designs and skills improve with each robot you build! Looking forward for your next video!
Now mount that torso on the dog to get a tech-zentaurus xD
This. Yes.
That whole shoulder joint is reaaaaally nice.
If you like that you're going to love the next video. 😁
Perfect face alignment(12:00) with the robot!
Always impressed by the amount of work you manage to put out each episode. and I know you have other projects your working on and planning for the future.
Thanks - yep trying to increase the impact of the videos!
"Terminator: The beginning" ;) Love Your work, James, keep going :)
Marcin Krukar judgment day has begun!!
Cyberdyne has your position.....
James, you're a gangly genius!
Great project.
James, you are an absolute inspiration to me and many others! I don't how you do the amazing things that you do while also managing your job and life, but keep up the great work!
I think he's full time YT now...?
@@Scott_C he's full time YT
@@artbyrobot1 Thought so. I couldn't remember when he dropped the toy making part time job.
Awesome work, James!
Good idea layering the printed parts between sheets of metal.
Keeps the weight down and adds stiffness while keeping cost down. (Time is a cost!)
Time will tell on durability, but expect it to be far superior to anything previous.
Great project!
What a fantastic build, love the way you are bringing all the different build methods together, metal cnc/3d printed parts. Would it be possible to put a text caption when showing the cnc/3d printer of the speeds and feeds, type of material and temps etc so we can learn what settings you use. Thanks for sharing such great content
Fantastic project and rapid progress. Hugely impressive.
thanks!
Incredible engineering and design. Don't know how you can produce so much so fast. Love the metal and cnc. Cheers! : )
Thank you very much for a very nice video and for leaving the sponsor and commercial messages out of it.
There won't be many more 'ad-reads' for a while now, unless something very relevant comes along.
Another great video, James! I really enjoy this series. I'll be here for the next one. All the best!
thanks!
Every time I see your stuff its cooler than the last. I have no idea why I never subscribed before now. Keep up the good work m8
Love the work
Thank you for your great efforts and keep staying Beelzebots most awesome ally!
I'm no machinist, but it seems like you could save a fair amount of time profile cutting your internal holes and leaving tabs so that it doesn't get bound up. When you pocket the holes out you do so many more passes (though I assume you know this, and have chosen to do it this way so there's less cleanup and so you need less babysitting.
I also wondered why it was done this way if he cut it out hed have a steady supply of washers
I maybe thought your crazy, but these robots are awesome and your explanation of technical stuff is great.
thanks!
I wonder if a miniature puppetable set of arms is possible, like a tiny rc person for messing around with on a small scale? Like a desk toy.
The problem is always power. Where you going hide all those battery packs and controllers at that scale?
My robot Dave has great arms, he is under 1M tall. I also saw another humanoid robot much smaller with very good movement. ua-cam.com/video/e-TCCmGKzQc/v-deo.html
I am not sure the name of the smaller robot.
@@tando6266 The Armatron toy used a couple of D cells.
For a desktop toy, why does it even need an on-board power source? Just have a USB port.
@@JohnDlugosz The OP requested RC, why bother with RC if its not wireless AKA no wires
These are probably some of the most professional looking robots you’ve ever made - well done bud!
Now when are you going to make them fight?
Oh yeah. The refinement is so satisfying to watch. You keep learning and applying to subsequent iterations. So glad to see your welding improve. This Old Tony made a rotating CNC welder for round items, and you may care to do so to facilitate high-tolerance difficult welds. I was watching a Boston Dynamics video that discussed the next generation of their builds, and was struck by how additive manufacturing will affect them. The basic idea is to use multipie materials in CT-scan way, such that tubing and support structures are integrated in the internals of the build. In this way hydaulics and whatnot need not be on the surface, subject to damage etc. Also, are you going to utilize tolerance-based design (I probably said that wrong) to optimize your supports? Okay, and this is the last, have you considered having other UA-camrs make some of your parts, like Adam Savage did for the Project Egress...project? On second thought, he had the devil of a time with tolerances, so maybe keep it a one-man droid outfit. Excelsior.
Great job its pleasure to watch that skilled guy ! Go Go robots !
Amazing, best build so far, they look like the robots from I robot.
Looks Impressive!
thanks!
Speaking of Ultron, I really liked the mixed reality thing you had going. Super cool that you made things in the game change things in reality! I'm not sure if anyone has really done that before, outside of flight sim cockpits.
I would like to do more potentially
Very elegant design :) looking forward to the next parts, lots of potential 👍
nobody is going to ask you to do Comedy! but otherwise I can see you getting 100s of invitations for your dog. I love it, well done !
I love each of your videos and how you improve day by day!
You should use a 16x16 or 32x32 screen for the head.
Or perhaps you can even make your own with some of those LED strips you used for that tentacle mind thing from Ultron!
Yes!
My only suggestion would be to the stands, in that while a single upright pole does the trick, two poles would better simulate "legs" and that you could easily put a pair of pants on the robot to hide the poles if you want to use them in a more animatronic fashion (think Halloween coming up, monster mash dance? )
Have you tried designing a high output torque harmonic drive? Would love to see your take on one. Looking for a printable direct drive joint option for heavy lifting articulated arms
From minute 12 you hade a great angle. One of the robots has your head ;-)
If Boston Dynamics had the production and development ethos that James has, then the world would have humanoids walking around already. If I see how much James has achieved in development and actual build in the past years, then I am starting to think of Boston Dynamics as a typical over funded slow working government alike organization. I see all those people in front of me taking many coffee brakes and having meetings with a lot of bla bla all the time while James is drawing, thinking, assembling and at the same time keeping an eye on a few lulzbots and a cnc machine working.
Who do you think would buy/bought the first 10 billion robots? The general public or someone else who had the money? Imagine an umbrella corp bunker, but with robots ^^
We all want Open Dog walking....
I'ld even appreciate coding or 'failure' videos, opendog ist by far the best (and a really awesome) project on this channel :D
Great job. But I think, you do not need the bearing on the plastic part with encoder. And because of this bearing you don have quite enough space for the encoder collar.
Yes I'd considered that, it seems to work reliable though
Very impressive
I like the look of those chunky bolts and the extrusion down the center of the torso! I'm curious if you do much sketching before hand, or work it out mostly in cad?
I did it all in CAD straight off...
Keep up the awesome videos James😁
So I know this most likely won't happen due to time and cost (and probably a lack of demand), but I'd love to see a series on "rebuilding" and improving some previous projects, notably Hulkbuster and BB-8, with your new tools and skills/knowledge (i.e. metalworking). I started watching your channel at about episode 50 of Hulkbuster I think, and I really enjoyed watching that project, and I think you could really improve on it now.
"They can work for 3 days straight at a show"
Wow 3 whole days, that's progress !!!
Hulk Buster was falling apart after half an hour !!!
And the boat sank on it's first voyage !!!
The boat didn't sink, it was a joke
Rex G
Very impressive build James. Such a clean build. Your videos are very well done sir.Will you eventually release a parts list and dimensional drawings? I would like to build one of these.
Hi from Florida! I'm looking to create my own robot and you inspiring me! P.S. when you will write a code? Please leave a link to a repo.
I'll publish everything after part 5
Idk if the cad program on your cnc can do this but you could try interpolating small holes to full depth and then machine the profile of the hole to tolerance. Could be faster and it keeps it clean for ya.
Hi James I was wondering what you just for 3D Modeling it looks like fusion 360 please relpy
Awesome work m8. Keep it up.
You mentioned puppeting the robots… I'm wondering how that will work in practice. I'm reminded of that virtual reality stuff you did, with Unity, and your own controllers; so I know you've dipped your toe into VR. I wonder if that might vaguely be how it's done here. …Only… With handheld motion sensing trackers, they don't know what angle your elbow is pointing; so that could end up knocking things over, if you leave elbow position up to a program. Luckily, elbow position doesn't need to be hyper-accurate to avoid knocking things over, so that opens up a few more options for tracking its position.
I will have mechanical rigs to start with
Cyberdyne: That's a nice robot you have there. Chef and automated cooking you say? I'll have 5000 of them.
have you thought about making them mimic your actions? (like putting on a suit or something and having them do what you do?)
Since the other project is called Open Dog. This should be called Open Man.
I was going to call it openHuman, but I might save that for another leg project some time
We are not allowed to use the word "man" as it is not inclusive, so they tell me.
@@tomthebadasscat Ya. That is silly. Man was originally the inclusive nongendered word, while were/wer and wife/wif were the gendered terms.
Puppetoid, perhaps? Maybe gPuppetoid if you're going to open source it with the GPL?
is is possible to create a motion capture system? So that the robot can mirror our Arm, Leg, ... motions?
Yes
@@jamesbruton will the robot get legs?
James, do you have any trouble getting the nylon to print and adhere to the bed? I have a luzbot mini, looking for a material that will take the desert heat here in Nevada.
Amazing work man keep it up
What kind of belts and pulleys are those? Best regards
Have you got a bending brake and/or a vice jaw bender? I feel like with the CNC router and those tools you'd be able to make some very strong 3D parts.
What type of fit did you give between bearing and plastic
12:35 this angle makes it look like the robot has your head.... and is saying "ahhhh!"
Could you make a robot that does stuff around you house like a smart robot assistant? I am building something like that at home and it would be awesome to see how you do it!
Interesting - when you were making the holes on the aluminium you chose to machine the entire material in the circle rather than just the circumference - why? Just to avoid the loose disk left over in the hole?
Yes, it makes a clean hole with no tabs to file off
Great video as always. If you speed up the video when you are machining it would be very nice to see “4x” or “10x” or what ever the video speed it because it’s nice to see what your real time feeds look and feel like.
Also will they fully articulated hands because that would be really cool
I'm planning to make heads and hands interchangeable - I expect to build multiple manipulators eventually.
When cutting round circles with a round bit in aluminium, wouldn't it make more sense just to cut the circle and not the center? Seems like a lot of extra cutting and time that isn't necessary.
What kind of plastic do you use for 3D printing?
Is it possible to make "power electric steering" on an E-skateboard where you do not have to lean in order to steer, but instead use a remote control that powers the wheels like an RC car
Yes, check out my BatBoard series
Do you think if money was not a factor do you think something like this could be made with mostly 3d printing ?
Wao, I love this channel.
Hi,I love your videos and the robot design! :)
how do you determine the position of the Lead Screw? is it by the amount of Steps or Encoder?
Yes
Killer 👍
want to know what the CAD software is?
Is the project open source and can we find 3D model files to replicate your design ?
Hello James!, Is there any files in the pulleys?
I found you can normally fit a layer of coke can between the threaded rod and the bearing. This take away the slop and eccentricity
How about giving these full freedom of movement by kitting them out with a heavier duty two wheel base like you built for your two wheel balancing robot. It would also save you having to carry and assemble them each time they are displayed.
Eventually I will, probably four Mecanum wheels though
Can you put one of the robots on the open dog I make a robot centaur?
Great job 👍👍
Hey with all these robot building, why don’t you build a mech warrior robot like the Mad Cat?
Wow! The amount of both CNC cutting and 3d printing to complete these builds is impressive. How many printer hours will you expend on this project? How many hours are there in a day? It must barely meet your needs!
And years have passed and i still like them the.the videos were the oldest hulkbuster and the iron man suit
If you thin out the design and add straps you could use it an an alternative to the exoskeleton
Can't wait
How you make all mechanichal parts?
You made by yourself with your own workshop? I imagine it is full of difficulties ..
It's kind of explained in the video, and the previous video?
Whats software you use?
Are the shoulders pivoting on threads?
Everything is on bearings....
Just gonna leave this here 7:20.
(Look in the top right corner)
Now we know what the first attachment will be :D
Having a robot pour you a glass of beer is of course the ultimate goal for any robot project :p
i feel like the next logical progression is OpenCentaur
I'm planning Mecanum wheel bases eventually
What kind of software you use for designing your robot 🤖
Fusion 360
Thank you so much
You ever going to revisit that exoskeleton
Yes, but it'll need a complete rebuild when I do, not sure when though!
@@jamesbruton cool can't wait to see ir
James Bruton invents the terminator?!?!?!
I liked your videos
I wonder, does anyone know who built the first terminators for Skynet..... D:
I for one, welcome our robot overlords!
Roger Roger !
Nice work James, looks like your CNC feed rate is getting closer to optimum. Faster is better :) Are you at TCT this year?
perfect
very good
I know you'll probably not read this comment, but... Just wondering how much time you spent on designing the parts you worked on today. Also nice to see your improvement in video editing over the years :)
Or rather the time you spent on designing the functionality until it got to the stage we see in the video
You should put a Johnny 5 head on them from short circuit!
This rocks
I get some johnny 5 vibes :D
He needs more patreons to buy enough ODrives to make it an BLDC only robot 😂