GlaDOS Robotic arm ceiling lamp
by dragonator, published
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(Now with the controller included in the downloads)
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view allTED talk about interactive desk lamp robot: http://on.ted.com/Hoffman . It's great!
Sorry, but it's definitely from the video game portal!
It could be in the future. You never know what Disney will do with it. I hope they don't ruin the series.
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Over a month later and here we are. I have won... I still can't really believe it. First thing first: Thanks! Without you guys this would not have been possible. Not just everyone that voted but also everyone that was supportive, without you I would not have had the energy to finish this thing.
Now for the sad part. I have completed this project, and I will not go any further with this project. I have heard amazing ideas from you guys though, so I want to see what everyone else can do with this. So go modify this lamp and make it even more awesome. Amaze me.
I have released all of the files in solidworks and step. Feel free to use as long as you credit. Some of the names are in dutch, but changing them would destroy some of the assemblies, so. Good luck everyone, and until my next project.
Dragonator out.
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See it moving here:
youtu.be/QCsiBLz6qqo
Go to the instructables page for full instructions on how to make this lamp. You will find a step by step that roughly describes how to make this lamp.
instructables.com/id/EB0KK0JHDOVYWV9/
In the files, there is a stationary and a moving zip file. The stationary arm has no need for servo's and is purely decorative.
The moving arm requires 3 micro servo's, one of which needs to be very stong, and a beefy normal servo. To light the lamp, I used 8 3W warm white leds (which in retrospect might have been a little overkill) and one orange 3W led for the eye (only picture in the instructable). The moving arm also uses 2 608 bearings for the arm to rotate.
The controller has 4 10k potentiometers to track the position of the mini GlaDOS. I have included a picture of this. If you search ebay for potentiometer, these will show up almost first. The one in the head is a tight fit, but with appropriate force, everything fits.
This lamp is entered in several contests on instructables (most importantly the UP! contest). If you like it and have an instructables account, please vote for me in the UP! contest and in the lamps and lights contest.
The lamp is designed around the limits of a UP! 3D printer. Special thanks to Almteq in the Netherlands for letting me borrow first one, and then two (TWO) UP! 3D printers (TWO!). Without you guys, this lamp wouldn't have been possible.
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I swear I am going to finish making mine one day! this is not a project for the beginner...
so f***in awesome would it work on a printrbot simple with a 4 inch cubed bed?
How would this work scaled to 90% size so it could print on an Up! mini with a 12 by 12 cm area.
Awesome!
What print settings did you use? Also do you have a link/part number for the potmeters you used? Thanks!
I never understood the desire for people to share print settings, it is too varied per printer and settings can also be altered per part.
For the potmeters, I used this kind.w
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-...
I think this calls for a mashup with the Portal Gun http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
Are you going to hook it to a micro controller board and have it follow people around and react to them like that guy who made the interactive desk lamp ?
No I'm not, I closed this project months ago. If you want to do something awesome like that with this lamp, you will have to do it yourself.
You have tooooooooooooooooooo much time on your hands and it's FABULOUS.
This is amazing! What printer did you use to print yours? and would a Reprap pull it off alright?
This is a awesome lamp and I wish to produce this...I just have two questions if you are able to answer. First what setting did you use with regards to build layer thickness and infill. And did you have much difficulty removing the supports inside the Glados_Head_V1.1?
Awesome lamp! Any suggestions where I can print these parts in Holland?
There are plenty of fablab's in the Netherlands, there you might be able to print some. I can sell the parts to someone in the Netherlands, but only if and when I receive my UP printer.
Can you post schematics for your wiring please?
What specifically do you want to see.
There are wires running from the head to the base. The wires are connected to the servo's and the eye led. In the base the wires have connectors per servo to connect them to the arduino. The arduino simply has 4 servo's and 4 potmeters connected to it (and some randomly placed capacitors to filter the power supply).
In my case there is a small junction in the base to connect to extension cables to the cables of glados.
What piece do you want more information about, cause most of this is either simple or user specific.
Does this include parts/construction of the controller for the moving Glados?
No, But I am willing to upload those. Bear in mind though that you will need very specific potentiometers to make it fit.
Sorry to see that you didn't win. I went to go vote for you but I was too late. Thanks for the epic design.
May I ask you why you think I didn't win? The best 10 win an UP!, and I'm with the best 10. Yes I am sure about that. So... Thank you all and source files and schematics are under the way.
Is there any chance you might put up a .zip with the Solidworks parts in it? I'm interested in modifying them to work on our SLS machine.
As seen in the instrucatbles Q&A, I will post all the source files the 15th of April. 6 more days.
This is awesome! Ill be making one and adding a motion sensor with sounds :)
Hmm, if only you could make it to mount CCTV camera, it will be very great...
If you want to add servos and control them with your Android device look here:
love it! this is awesome!
imagen, giving this thing some actual functions. like insults and movement tracker
Great stuff man, really amazing - love it! And thanks for the video, really sells this Thing.
I voted for you :) Awsome job I think this will be on my todo list :)
Bacon for cad files!!
seems i owe you Bacon sir! now that i have the solidworks files i might just go ahead and make one, i think if i do ill have to order a pixy cam for it. (http://www.kickstarter.com/pro... now that would be AWESOME!
If I was a thief, broke in and saw that staring at me.
I would shit my pants.
+1 for vid
the amount of downloads speak for themselves.
Awesome!!1
Even better if the lamp turned to look at you, switched on the light, and commented about how it didn't recognize you but you looked adopted and overweight.
Would you mind uploading the source files?
Yes I would. After the UP! contest on instructables is done and judged (half April), I will post all of the source files in solidworks and step.
I know what I'm making next. I just happen to have some 80 oz-in titanium servos lying around as well...
That's so cool - have you got any videos of it moving?
That is the sad part. In the instructable I already explained this, but I
made this partially to be entered in the instructables UP! contest. I
was on a deadline. The electronics I designed weren't capable of
powering the servo's and the servo's themselves were not strong and
accurate enough for some axis. Stronger servo's are easily available,
But I passed my upload deadline by three days already.
TL;DR:
No, there are no video's simply cause this thing doesn't (really) move. (only little bits in an experimental way)
this... is... awesome!!! =O!