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Grisbot in Acrylic, Assembled (sort of)

Posted on July 26, 2012 by engineerzero

It looks nice in this picture. But there are big problems. I won’t show the video; it’s way too embarrassing (and I’m wondering how I got the robot to turn so precisely a few months ago!). Even though I trimmed … Continue reading →

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Shortening Servo Wires (aka ‘Cables’)

Posted on July 25, 2012 by engineerzero

My robot looked so nice in Sketchup, but that’s because I omitted the wiring. As you can see from the above photo, the servo wires just don’t fit even though I’ve trimmed them once already. I also had to solder … Continue reading →

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Grisbot to be laser-cut (a guided tour)

Posted on July 17, 2012 by engineerzero

Finally, the Grisbot’s acrylic casing is being laser-cut, possibly even as we speak. Here is a guided tour in Sketchup of what may actually come to be by the end of this week, starting with the front view: The ruler … Continue reading →

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Grisbot color options

Posted on June 26, 2012 by engineerzero

Acrylic can really look nice, and who knows, I may want to offer different colors. I’m not exactly in the position of Henry Ford, who told his customers they could have a car in any color they wanted so long … Continue reading →

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Split Level Standoffs

Posted on June 25, 2012 by engineerzero

The full title of this post would be something like ‘Split Level Standoff Laser Cut Acrylic Casing for Robot.’ Anyhow, I added a level by using another standoff. This was necessary because the voltage regulator is too tall to fit … Continue reading →

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Laser cut acrylic robot casing with standoffs

Posted on June 24, 2012 by engineerzero

Recently, Maker Shed offered a laser-cut acrylic casing for a geiger counter. Here is a blog entry on the assembly of the casing, which shows how standoffs are used. I thought, “That looks nice,” so it was back to the … Continue reading →

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Bolting Laser Bots

Posted on June 21, 2012 by engineerzero

Okay, the title is a little bit of a joke, but this is a continuation of my efforts yesterday to conceptualize how laser-cut acrylic pieces can be assembled into a box-like enclosure for a robot. Since the pieces have been … Continue reading →

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Bolting Together Laser Cut Parts

Posted on June 20, 2012 by engineerzero

Plan A was to use acetone to bond the parts of the robot’s laser-cut casing together. However, the overarching goal is to make a kit that can be sold to kids, and it occurs to me that having ‘Buy acetone’ … Continue reading →

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Crenellated Laser Cut Patterns for Grisbot in Sketchup

Posted on June 5, 2012 by engineerzero

After much tweaking, I seem to have crenellated patterns for Grisbot that look like they just might print out on a laser cutter. How do you go from a 3D side to a 2D pattern in Sketchup? Well, it’s not … Continue reading →

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Grisbot in Acrylic

Posted on May 31, 2012 by engineerzero

Here’s Grisbot in baby-blue acrylic. I was hoping to laser-cut it tonight at StudentRND but after getting into the design work I realize that I probably won’t be ready until next week at the earliest. At any rate, at least … Continue reading →

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