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by 4mem8 on June 6, 2008

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step 1: Gear motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

step 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

step 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

step 4: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

step 5: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

step 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

step 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

step 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

step 9: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

step 10: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

step 11: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

step 12: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

step 13: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

step 14: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

step 15: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

step 16: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

step 17: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

step 18: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

step 19: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

step 20: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

step 21: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

step 22: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

step 23: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

step 24: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

step 25: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

step 26: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

step 27: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

step 28: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

step 29: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

step 30: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

step 31: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

step 32: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

step 33: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

step 34: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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step 36: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

step 37: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

step 38: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

step 39: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

step 40: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

step 41: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

step 42: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

step 43: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

step 44: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

step 45: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

step 46: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

step 47: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

step 48: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

step 49: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Customized Instructable T-shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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This is my Wall-E project that I am currently working on it is 150mm x 150mm x 160 high, it uses a pair of Mattracks
http://www.litefootatv.com/html/litefoot_in_the_news.htm for motive power and two robosapienV2 hip motors. It will be controlled by a BS2P40 stamp CPU and will have
the following functions described below.

I build robots quite prolific but my let down is programing "hopeless but learning" I have a friend at http://www.robocommunity.com who is programing it for me, From this
I hope to learn how this program is put together and eventually program myself. We are in the progress of designing the H-bridge for the motors using the L298 chip, The
head is finished apart from his adorable eyebrows which http://www.musclewires.com/shapememoryalloys.shtml wire or Muscle flex and pan/tilt has been run.

The main reason for building this project was to see if I could use parts from my stock of components that I have lying around my basement and electronics room, The
only thing so far that I have had to buy is the Mattracks , uOLED screen and L298 H-bridge ic. Which GWJax is sending me. I was inspired to build this project after
seeing a Pixar demo video and thought WOW what a neat bot to build.

I have been in R/C scale and other unorthodox aircraft for over 30yrs and modeling is my passion, so this comes in handy when creating something like Wall-E. I hope
you like how it is coming along. I would also like to add that GWJax has been an inspiration to me on the programming side.The main construction of Wall-E is 5mm lite
ply, sides,front,back and top, with 2mm balsa cladding on the sides with some 1.5mm ply to form the raised panels. Rivets were made using PVA glue watered down
40% and applied to the required area's with a sharp pointed rod, One dip will give you 3 rivets. The arms were constructed out of 1.5mm ply and balsa, and uses 4 of my
Technics air rams back to back, The fingers were modded Technics angle beams covered in 1mm ply for the sides and balsa top and bottom.

The base is constructed out of 5mm Acrylic sheet as this is good for boring holes to mount your fittings. the head H'mmm a real challenge here, I had to draw it out first to
get the pear shaped eye right then work from there. The main eye tube was a pair of alloy pill containers which worked out to be the right size for the head. The Blue
LEDs x 6, 3 in each eye are mounted on a 5mm acrylic disc and inserted in the tube about 2/3rds down, then another Acrylic disc in front with the ping sonar in each
eye.The ping sonar is from TX and RX had to be removed from the board [tricky and an extension lead screened run from the board to the Tx and RX in each eye. I was
not sure at the time if this would alter the characteristics of the range, but after testing this was unfounded.

The eyes light up at present using a circuit which has a CDS cell and when you switch the lights of the eyes come on, GWJax may code this to work also with some other
functions on Wall-E.Wall-E was finished with off the shelf spraykote enamel cans, grey primer, followed by antirust primer, then layered with yellow, rivets applied, then
sliver over the rivet area, followed by an airbrushed rust over the rivets. The whole body was then rubbed with scotchbrite pads until the rust and some silver was
showing through, then airbrushed with a mix of satin varnish and grey primer to give Wall-E that weathered effect.The head was done in a similar way but with different
colors. Phew, I think that's it guys. Check out my web site.
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1. Use my Mattracks as the main drive unit

2. Motor drive gear motors using H bridge controllers
3. Pan/tilt head using Parallax ultra sonic ping
4. 3 GP2D12 IR edge detectors or similar detectors
5. raise and lower the arms as a pair and down only
6. raise and lower the front door
7. not sure yet raise and lower the head
8.Use Parallax ping in both eyes
9. airbrush Wall-E to look authentic as possible.
10. Fit a uOLED in the front panel
11. Use a Parallax emic text to speech chip for wall-e's voice
12. Fit Ultra bright blue LEDs in Wall-E's eyes
13. Make a pair of H bridges for the drive motors
14. solar cell to charge batteries
15. voice changer circuit for Emic text to speech
16. Speaker

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1. Does anyone own these? If not I'll take them 1. Outer Mattrack casing
2. Hex nylon rod
3. Gear with hex insert for rod

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1. RSV2 Gear welded to the bevel hex gear 1. Hex rod inserted into hex gear, NOTE the bevel gear is not used.

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1. Brass bush added to the hex nylon rod 1. Outer bearing support and bearing

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1. Outer bearing cover being bored for bearing. 1. Shafts inserted into the Mattracks

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1. Alloy brackets for circuit board 1. Double sided tape on top of alloy

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1. Acrylic 5mm base and alloy mounting brackets 1. Cutout for uOLED screen

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1. Layers of balsa and ply to simulate the metal plates. 1. More layers.

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1. Wall-E's door 1. Front door. !/8 lite ply.
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1. Arms using Technics LEGO air rams back to back, Also ply box covering air 1. Another shot from the side.
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1. Technics parts for hand. 1. Assembly [1]

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1. Assembly [4] Technics cut down to form hands. 1. Assembly [5]

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1. Assembly [6] ply box's and 5mm bolt. 1. assembly [7] 1mm lite ply for the hands.

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1. Assembly [8] ply covering the Technics LEGO. 1. Assembly [9] Thumb installed.

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1. Assembly [14] Ply box's to slip over the air rams. 1. Assembly [15] Finished hands.

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1. Neck detail, rivets and primer. 1. Masking for the stripes.

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1. Finished parts ready to assemble. 1. Black masked and white sprayed.

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1. Neck mods, Alloy and ply. 1. Alloy channel cut to shape.

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1. Most components soldered in. 1. Underside of board showing the main motor wires.

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1. My hands are dirty. 1. I had it a minute agao.

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1. What a shinny surface. 1. If nobody wants them, I will take them.

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1. Is that a power socket. 1. M'mmmm more metal.

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1. What are you looking at?? 1. Is that you 4mem8??

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1. Look at all those stars. 1. I did'nt do it?.

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1. Slight adjustment needed. 1. Light, I can see.

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1. I'm sad!! 1. Now where did I put that bolt??

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1. Hex shafts inserted to gear 1. Hex nylon shaft fitted to motor

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Motors fitted to Mattracks

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Motors fitted to acrylic base

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Alloy brackets fitted to acrylic base

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5mm lite ply base and sides

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Front and back ply added

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Extra side panels from 1.5mm ply, uOLED in front panel

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Solar led recharge panel right

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Front panels now in place

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Laminated side panels 1.5mm ply

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Technics LEGO rams for the arms, glued back to back

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1.5mm ply box to cover the rams

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Various layers to represent the metal panels

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Side panels now glued in place

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Arms in place

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Door and grippers now in place

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Two alloy pill containers and formers

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Ply formers glued in place on the alloy containers

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Formers now covered in balsa, and back sections added

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More balsa added to the rear

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Neck section made out of 1.5mm ply

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Internal formers to accommodate servos

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Ply box joined together and 1.5 mm balsa glued around the edges

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Balsa detail added to the neck

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Pan/tilt servos head and neck ready for assembly

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Neck added to the head via pan servo

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Tilt servo added at the base

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Main body primed ready for painting

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2nd stage of priming, rust brown

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Rivet detail is watered down PVA glue 40% and applied by a sharp nail

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Gripper detail, 3rd stage silver applied

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Silver applied over rivet detail

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Rams at rear, and weathering taking place, using scotch brite pads.

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Wiring for the 6 LED blue lights in his eyes

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Wiring the LEDS

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Wiring loom and ping sonar now installed

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Weathered detail of Wall-E and ping sonar eyes

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almost finished Wall-E

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Here's looking at you

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Wall-E's eyes lit up

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shadowninja31 says: Oct 31, 2008. 7:44 PM REPLY

AWESOME!!!

K-n-e-x person says: Oct 23, 2008. 10:20 AM REPLY

this is cool and it probably took you a long time and all but i kinda hate walle and disney btw 4 and a half stars

4mem8 says: Oct 24, 2008. 11:19 PM REPLY

K-n-e-x person, Can't please everyone I guess, But thanks for the stars.

K-n-e-x person says: Oct 25, 2008. 12:46 PM REPLY

mmhmm

HADJISTYLLIS says: Oct 25, 2008. 12:45 AM REPLY

What this robot can do?

knive05 says: Sep 29, 2008. 10:58 AM REPLY

i see thank for the reply i hope once you've than this you will share the program of it.. anyway thank alot

knive05 says: Sep 28, 2008. 9:49 AM REPLY

can you teach me how to create a program for this wall-e i use it for my thesis pls help me thank alot

4mem8 says: Sep 28, 2008. 10:10 AM REPLY

Knive05: Sorry I cannot do that for you, The program is still being developed by GWJax, and he has the final say.

Mattrox says: Sep 23, 2008. 12:28 PM REPLY

cool
do the arms move?

4mem8 says: Sep 23, 2008. 11:01 PM REPLY

Mattrox: Yes, the arm move up and down, The door comes down, The head has pan/tilt, Ultra sonic for the eyes and 4 IR sensors around the base for
edge detection and an IR sensor between the eyes for long range. Also a uOLED screen with moving slide show and a LED battery meter.

Mattrox says: Sep 24, 2008. 2:17 AM REPLY

cool

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 tech industries says: Sep 14, 2008. 3:23 PM REPLY
can you send me a close-up picture of both sides of the mattracks because i'm planning to make my own instead of paying 12 bucks.

wallebuilders says: Sep 11, 2008. 10:22 AM REPLY

CONGRATS ON WINNING 4mEM8!

You are doing a GREAT job!

For anyone who is interested, we are building full size Wall-E's at The Wall-E Builder's Group www.Wall-EBuilders.comwww.Wall-EBuilders.com where
4Mem8 is not just a member, but an inspiration!!!

I want your design for the eyes on my Wall-E!

4mem8 says: Sep 11, 2008. 11:15 AM REPLY

Wallebuilders: Hey how are you, Sorry I have not been around on your site, Have been very busy with some new robots, I will get back to your site soon,
you ar welcome to my eye design for your Wall-E.

evilgenius 398 says: Aug 18, 2008. 1:38 PM REPLY

where did you get the treads?

4mem8 says: Aug 22, 2008. 2:55 AM REPLY

evilgenius 398: Radio shack has them fir about $12 a set. They are from a Hummer R/C vehicle.

evilgenius 398 says: Sep 3, 2008. 10:18 AM REPLY

can you get them online?
what are the dimensions?

4mem8 says: Sep 3, 2008. 10:49 AM REPLY

Yes, from Radio shack, They are 150mm long x 50mm wide x 100mm high
Catalog numbers are Left/ RSU 12458907 $11.69 & Right/RSU 12458923

evilgenius 398 says: Sep 3, 2008. 7:39 PM REPLY

thanks

EaglesNestOne says: Aug 22, 2008. 1:37 AM REPLY

YOU ROXZ MY SOXZ OFFZ YOUR CRAZY AWSOME!!! THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST (OR PERHAPS ONLY) 50 STEP INSTRUCTIBLE EVER *****
STARS FOR YOU :D :D :D.

cry_wolf says: Aug 24, 2008. 9:17 AM REPLY

...

hello2 says: Aug 31, 2008. 8:01 AM REPLY

LOL!

The Jamalam says: Aug 31, 2008. 6:49 AM REPLY

Lol

4mem8 says: Aug 22, 2008. 2:47 AM REPLY

EaglesNestOne: Hey thanks for your comment, Appreciated.

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 Viccie.B1993 says: Aug 21, 2008. 1:22 PM REPLY
awesome... absolutely awesome...

4mem8 says: Aug 22, 2008. 2:56 AM REPLY

Viccie.B1993: Thanks for your comment.

Viccie.B1993 says: Aug 23, 2008. 7:14 AM REPLY

you're welcome :)

The Jamalam says: Aug 18, 2008. 10:14 AM REPLY

cool! did you know this is the highset rated instructable on the site?

4mem8 says: Aug 18, 2008. 12:12 PM REPLY

The Jamalam: Thanks, I had a felling it was getting up there, but if you say it's the highest that's real cool. Thanks.

The Jamalam says: Aug 18, 2008. 12:29 PM REPLY

click explore > recent, then click rating

Anthony312 says: Jul 10, 2008. 7:19 PM REPLY

what you could do is place some cameras in the eyes so u can see what wall-e sees.

4mem8 says: Jul 10, 2008. 8:55 PM REPLY

Anthony312: i could have and that would have been cool, BUT, I decided to insert Ping ultra sonic sensors instead as I though collision avoidance
would be better option. Thanks for you interest.

Anthony312 says: Jul 15, 2008. 10:06 AM REPLY

ok i can understand that. But i saw these cool cameras that would fit in wall-e's eyes and still leave room for motors and wires and stuff. they're only
0.3 in. by 0.3 in. by 0.4 in. And when i watched some wall-e videos closely, i found out that the lense part of wall-e is hollow, which means it can be
use for zoom and focus. this also helps when wall-e has to turn into a cube.

4mem8 says: Jul 15, 2008. 1:00 PM REPLY

That would be cool also, but I had no room left after installing the Blue LEDs and ping sensors.

Anthony312 says: Jul 15, 2008. 11:13 PM REPLY

oh...ok then. but im going to build my own wall-e robot, and im going to use cameras (and if there's room ill even do that LED and sensor
thing like you did) and it will have one special feature that no other wall-e robot (that ive seen so far) has ... it can turn into a cube!

Anthony312 says: Jul 15, 2008. 11:15 PM REPLY

though im working on how he would be able to compact trash (thats for later).

CapnTac says: Jul 18, 2008. 7:05 AM REPLY

I hope you put up an instructable for it! Good luck making him roll up into a cube, that seems really hard. For the trash compacter
thing, simply put metal squares on pistons inside of him, then when you put the trash inside of him, you could activate the pistons, and
he would compact the garbage. Just a brainstorm.

Anthony312 says: Jul 21, 2008. 7:16 PM REPLY

But the Metal squares will crash into each other, and plus they will leave no room for the rods that will bring wall-e's tracks up
when he has to turn into a cube. plus the metal squares wont leave room for the tracks themselves. Anyway it doesn't matter, i
dont care about the trash compacter as much as i want wall-e to go into cube form. Thats what i want most.

4mem8 says: Jul 21, 2008. 9:47 PM REPLY

Before I answer your question, How many robots have you built??

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I have never had the time or the money to completely finish a robot, but I have made many electrical circuits and
contraptions with the parts I have laying around on my desk. I don't have enough money (or time) to buy all the parts I've
needed to complete a robot, and I already have plans with what to do with the cluttered junk on my desk (I'm going to
combine it all into one electrical contraption) so I'm out of parts basically. I also don't have the time to finish a robot
because I'm very busy with school and homework and reading books and watching TV and playing on the computer (like
I'm doing right now). So right now I'm just researching and making plans for all the robots I will be building in the future
(which of coarse includes wall-e) and making sure they're all foolproof. I've lost count with all the plans for the robots I'm
going to build. So I'm waiting until I have the time and the parts to finish a robot.

4mem8 says: Jul 24, 2008. 4:46 AM REPLY

Great, pleased you are into robots, Take your time and do it right.

Anthony312 says: Jul 26, 2008. 10:08 AM REPLY

Thanks. Now what were you going to say earlier?

4mem8 says: Jul 26, 2008. 12:29 PM REPLY

Ok, What I am about to say is Please don't take this the wrong way When you have finished building a A true
robotrobot, from start to finish including programming you will see that it is NOT easy to do, Wall-E is a very
complicated robot to build and to do what you are thinking of doing is pretty much on the top end scale to get
working, I will not say impossible because there is no such thing as impossible, BUT what you are asking is
getting pretty close and if you pull it off I for one will congratulate you Anthony312. Good luck and I look on with
interest.

Anthony312 says: Jul 27, 2008. 10:57 AM REPLY

I know how hard its going to be to build. But don't worry, i've got a whole lifetime to build it. It will be finished
sooner or later...and thats a promise!

Anthony312 says: Jul 27, 2008. 11:03 AM REPLY

But lets get back to what i was saying earlier. do u have anything to say about the comment i stated
after yours to CapnTac (its the comment at the bottom of this conversation) and if you do, please reply
on that one, this one is getting cramped.

Anthony312 says: Aug 4, 2008. 11:59 PM REPLY

hello!?!?!?! Anyone there! 4mem8 why haven't you answered yet?!?!

Anthony312 says: Aug 14, 2008. 10:31 AM REPLY

Still no reply...are you ignoring me or something?

4mem8 says: Jul 18, 2008. 12:57 PM REPLY

CapnTac: It will be harder than he thinks, With all my electronics,motors,servos and batteries you could not fit a fly in there.

Anthony312 says: Jul 21, 2008. 7:39 PM REPLY

I know exactly how hard this build is going to be. I am well aware of the space effiency of wall-e too. The reason you have no
room is the size of your motors and servos and maybe even the electronics. They make smaller motors you know. and why do
u need that huge gearbox attached to your motors when you can just connect the motor directly to the mattracks without the
gears. and you can use a smaller recorder for wall-e's speach. When i examined wall-e the eyes only take about as much
room as the bottom of the solar charge level screen up, and the tracks take as much room as the hollow trash compactor
inside wall-e, which happens to start from the bottom of the solar charge level screen down. And his eyes are not as wide as
the entire of wall-e itself, as a matter of fact it is 2 wall-e arm widths smaller. so as far as i can tell, wall-e turning in and out of a
cube is plausable. There is even room for the solar pannels (they can replace the battery if you charge up long enough) and
one or two small microchips fit (you can use 1 for speech and 1 for charge-up panal).

GWJax says: Aug 19, 2008. 4:25 PM REPLY

WoW I just read all your comments, I am working side buy side with 4mem8 on this project as he has built him and I'm
doing the programming for it. Just a little FYI for you, there is alot more to this than just adding a few micro chips. plus
4mem8 had used those gearbox motors for torque issues being that the Wall-E is not that light. Even if we use SMD's to
make all our boards there still will not be enough room to box him up. CGA is a great thing to play with but in real life the
physic just arn't there for that to happen. But I hope you do find a way to make it as I will be looking out for a wall-e that
can move around it surondings and then box its self up. Good Luck
Jax

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