It's nice having access to a woodworker and his tools - 431 views
It's nice having access to a woodworker and his tools 		Dadoes and everything! - 433 views
Dadoes and everything! 		LDM's 'superstructure' - 379 views
LDM's 'superstructure' 		Gluing it up - 405 views
Gluing it up
The base of the robot - 447 views
The base of the robot 		The underside - 486 views
The underside 		The breadboarded circuit. The small blue board is a motor controller for the two tank tread motors, the three transistors to the right of it will each control one of the three "drumsticks", and the green wire towards the top is for the LCD - 462 views
The breadboarded circuit. The small blue board is a motor controller for the two tank tread motors, the three transistors to the right of it will each control one of the three "drumsticks", and the green wire towards the top is for the LCD 		One of the tiny pager motors, geared down and hot-glued to a "drumstick" - 469 views
One of the tiny pager motors, geared down and hot-glued to a "drumstick"
Clear as day, eh? - 458 views
Clear as day, eh? 		Main body glued together - 415 views
Main body glued together 		Rear view - 441 views
Rear view 		Some revision of the circuitry mounting, and he's got a little drumstick to bash on things now - 675 views
Some revision of the circuitry mounting, and he's got a little drumstick to bash on things now
Rear view. All those long cables will be trimmed down once I know exactly where I'm actually mounting everything - 667 views
Rear view. All those long cables will be trimmed down once I know exactly where I'm actually mounting everything 		"Bass drum" mounted - 499 views
"Bass drum" mounted 		Bass drum motor detail - 425 views
Bass drum motor detail 		I hacked a little sampling circuit board, removing the pushbuttons and soldering up wires so the robot can trigger the record and playback functions - 484 views
I hacked a little sampling circuit board, removing the pushbuttons and soldering up wires so the robot can trigger the record and playback functions
Now he can record his beats, play them back in a loop, and jam out along with them - 449 views
Now he can record his beats, play them back in a loop, and jam out along with them 		My first PCB -- a motor driver to turn the "head" back and forth - 473 views
My first PCB -- a motor driver to turn the "head" back and forth 		The solder side of the board (I need a finer tip for my soldering iron) - 455 views
The solder side of the board (I need a finer tip for my soldering iron) 		Bracket fabricated to mount the sonar "eyes" onto the motor - 449 views
Bracket fabricated to mount the sonar "eyes" onto the motor
Reverse view - 462 views
Reverse view 		He's now almost completed, construction-wise - 465 views
He's now almost completed, construction-wise 		Once the circuit is finalized, I'll probably solder it up on a PCB to eliminate that rat's nest - 467 views
Once the circuit is finalized, I'll probably solder it up on a PCB to eliminate that rat's nest 		Underside - 510 views
Underside
Here's the final messy circuit, just before I recreate it on a PCB using a hard disk ribbon cable to keep things neater - 599 views
Here's the final messy circuit, just before I recreate it on a PCB using a hard disk ribbon cable to keep things neater 		That's a mess - 452 views
That's a mess 		The completed PCB. So much neater - 536 views
The completed PCB. So much neater 		Six hours of soldering, phew - 460 views
Six hours of soldering, phew
Fits right onto the microcontroller board - 467 views
Fits right onto the microcontroller board 		My sketched-out plan for the circuitry. Just like the motor driver PCB, it took some clever arrangement to lay everything out efficiently - 479 views
My sketched-out plan for the circuitry. Just like the motor driver PCB, it took some clever arrangement to lay everything out efficiently 		This helped a lot -- glued small plastic tabs to limit the rotation of the head - 438 views
This helped a lot -- glued small plastic tabs to limit the rotation of the head 		The final robot. Motor driver on the right side - 466 views
The final robot. Motor driver on the right side
Sampling board on the left (hot glue makes it so easy to mount things) - 634 views
Sampling board on the left (hot glue makes it so easy to mount things) 		Rear view. Ahh, isn't that so much cleaner? - 457 views
Rear view. Ahh, isn't that so much cleaner? 		Underside. I moved the microphone away from the "bass drum" motor because it was picking up the whining of the motor louder than the drumming itself - 688 views
Underside. I moved the microphone away from the "bass drum" motor because it was picking up the whining of the motor louder than the drumming itself 		I put his head on a servo because that zippy little pager motor just wasn't precise enough - 772 views
I put his head on a servo because that zippy little pager motor just wasn't precise enough
Which means I don't need that motor driver PCB I spent so much thought and effort soldering up. Ah well - 769 views
Which means I don't need that motor driver PCB I spent so much thought and effort soldering up. Ah well