New Pictures of Zeus

Ok - here is an updated picture of the total robot, its not connected between the addon deck and the main deck yet (where the white cable is plugged in, is where its not connected). This is (almost) the final product - sans camera (in this picture) and BB cannons on the side.

 This is a side picture of the connections between the torso and the tilt servo, its held on by 4 screws. The servo itself is connected by two screws and a ball-bearing assembly to the bracket.

Here we have the front view of the pan and tilt assembly, where you can see the pan servo down below, a C bracket attached to it, the tilt servo attached to the C bracket and the two screws at the top are where the multipurpose bracket attaches to the torso.

Here is a front shot of the torso, head + shoulders basically.

Torso shot again, but this time with the LEDs working!

 

 Torso shot, from down below. This shows my "neon" type effect I was going for - so the glow extends out below the robot itself.

The torso, with the lights on, and the IP camera behind it. Note, the IP camera doesnt yet have a portable power source, and I will probably come up with some way of either painting or sanding the casing down so it looks better, and more suitable to the robot.

And finally, the rear view, complete with name plate :) You can also see the kitty running around behind it.

So there we have it.

The remaining major parts of this project are:

a) Organising the IP camera to have a portable power supply, and getting it looking consistent with the rest of the robot
b) BB cannons for each arm - BB gearboxes are hard to get in NZ, but am currently negotiating with Armory NZ about it.
c) Making sure the next PS2 controller works, so the legs will actually move.
d) Finishing touches to the the look of the robot - Designing and building more plastic plates, to go with cable ties to clean up the overall robot, get all the cables out of the way and out of sight behind "armor plates". This also includes the pan and tilt assembly, so the top doesnt look so "bobblehead".