Scratch Build – In Progress Project: Tachikoma - Wiimote Controller Test

The last photo is in the Campus Party, the biggest lan party here in Spaain. Around 6000 people, 1 week. I have made like 800 km with my Tachi in my car to enter the moddind contest. The other robot is a military one, the kind used to deactivate bombs.
There are some mods here to show. I would post some photos.

Continuing with the worklog.



Masking the parts. There are areas in white and silver.



Firs coat of blue. I have to say it looks better in the photos than in reallity. I was in a hurry to finish for the campus. I am thinking of repainting some areas...























This is the support solution for the lower head





Front wheels Version 2. I am thinking right now in version 4...





Complete assembly.











Front wheels, version 3.



Main switch, reset switch and motor controller switch.



Activity Leds.





And this is Tachi in the Campus party. I still have more photos to post.

 

Awesome. Win anything?
You could clean up the edges by adding a black 'seam' between the blue and silver areas.

 

AWESOME

win win win.

 

This mod is AMAZING!

 

Cheesecake

 

Thanks all for your support!!!
I am nominated as finalist for the modding contest. The final is tomorrow. I dont know the prices, some hardware I supposed.

Here are some photos of other moddification of last minute:



A detail of the front wheel, V3. I am not happy with it but that what I have for the moment, and they are working good.



Cover for the wiring to the motors. I would prefer them in silver.

Here are some photos of the Tachi at the Campus:









Here is a video in action. The very ugly guy without hair at his head and too much hair at his leg is me...

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBM8DbaEXw

Also some photos of the competitors:

A mod from Chuskoi, he has won several times the contest. He is the best working with acrylic. The level of finishing is superb.







A piramid





A computer-skate





The skate resist the weight of a person. The owner passed aroud on it.

The PEK clan mods (creators of the Tetris Mod) based in the Four Elements:

Earth


Fire


Air



Water



You dont know what useful is the Tachi for the girls... "OOOhh is so cute!! it is yours??"



Sorry for the blur, I had other 12 guys behind me fighting for the camera....

 

Nice Pictures, and an awesome build.

The Pictures Makes Me Wanna LAN again, but i have to wait till April!!!

 

WOW WOW WOW. Great girls
Her...I mean mods

Your mod is great, I have faith in you ^^

 

Sexy girls for a sexy project

 

Awesome. Simply awesome.

I'm having a go at a similar project and I was hoping you could answer a couple of questions:

1) What battery capacity did you use?

2) Is that an M2-ATX PSU? If so, what did you connect the 'Ignition' line to?

3) How did you wire in the LCD? Which battery?

Thanks in advance!

 

I want one of my own now.

 

modgodtanvir,
I am using 2 Gel Batteries, 75 amps, like 30 Kg each.
The power supply is a M1-atx. I dont connect the ignition line. Just use the power switch for the botherboard.
I have other main switch to cut completely the power from the battery when I am not using it.
One battery is powering the motors, and other is for the LCD, the motherboard and the motor controller. There are some pictures in the worklog of the circuit., but I think in would need to post the finished circuit to show it.
I am using the computer all day like 14h and charging by night, and when I leave is at 40%. So I think smaller batteries could be used.

Hope this helps.

 

OMG!!!!!!


I love GITS and I'm doing the Motoko costume for my next cosplay (to present it at the next Romics, an italian fair about comics,manga,anime,videogames and more similar stuff) and I would prepare a tachikoma too, but I also don't know where to start (and I think I can't make it because I have too few time available...).
Anyway, I love you'r job and I'm so jealous!!!Maybe I can steal the tachikoma from you...
Many many compliments, you are a genius!!!!

 

WOW i've been following this all the way through, and I gotta say - gorgeous!!!

 

I have returned from the Campus Party, and have taken a week without using a computer.
I finished 2 in two categories. originality (won the computer skate) and special projects (won the 4 computers of 4th elements)

Here are some videos and photos of my Tachi at the campus, even in a national newspaper and in the tv.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27GbkIq6xiA
http://www.publico.es/ciencias/139145/artistas/modding
http://es.engadget.com/2008/08/01/campus-party-2008-zona-modding-tunning-en-la-campus/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBM8DbaEXw&feature=related
http://www.krizio.com/index.php?showimage=10
http://www.neopontec.com/blog/uploads/CampusParty2008/Campusparty2008-robots-1.JPG
http://www.inagotable.net/category/campus-party/
http://zitronensaft.blogspot.com/2008/08/tachikoma-looking-pc-mod.html

My plans is to continue with the Tachi:
- Fix some paint fails
- Installa a camera on an eye to control the tachi from other computer
- Replace front wheels
- Add more details
- Install some computer controlled arms

But I am going to take it more slowly than before, so dont expect to have this worklog so updated as the latest time.

Also I have some plans for my next mod, I am finishing the 3D and I would post the begging of the worklog soon!

 

The rear end looks like it's hanging a bit too low. Don't forget the "eyes" have three optical receptors each.

 

I am back in work!
This weekend I went to the paint shop for more paint to do some repairs.
For the people asking about the "blue" colour, it is Monopol 3023 (not related to RAL codes). It is a french company.

I am working in some chassis improvement, and also traying to install the webcam on the tachikoma eye. Tomorrow I would post some photos.
I want to use only one battery, and pass it to the head, so the Tachi could have the backpack upper. It was lower that the real model due to the battery weight.

 

****in' A job, Batou-San!

Awesome, awesome job

 

First, sorry for the bad quality photos, they were taken with my cell. My wife has the camera...



I have simplified the central chasis, so the legs have more natural position. My Tachy had the legs as an"X", and not like the original , like "V" inverted.
In this way I can also lower the chasis. Now I have space in the head to install the main battery, so the weight would be more balanced. I am going to replace the second battery for a smaller one, like 7 amps/h only to power the motor controller.
Of course know I have to fill all the old holes for the chasis tubes. I would do tomorrow with fiberglass.
Also I have to shorten a little the front legs.

This is how it would look...

 

DUDE you should have won every single prize for this .......this mod is extreme.....that camera idea you had you thinking of setting up wifi in it maybe and using a wifi camera and wifi controller via another computer.........just saying with how far you have gotten so far there is prolly no limit to how much more mechanized you can make it......
again just WOW!