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Giger DIY $10k walking robot [Video]
slashgear.com - 28 days ago
Giger DIY $10k walking robot [Video]
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Over at Let’s Make Robots! Tyberius is showing off Giger , his two-foot tall DIY humanoid ‘bot. A roughly 100 hour project so far, Giger runs embedded Linux and has both an integrated camera and WiFi, and apparently cost around $10,000 to build. Now that might sound like an awful ...
letsmakerobots.com - 29 days ago
Giger: Custom Humanoid Robot
— letsmakerobots.com — First post here but figured I would share my most recent work; an RX-64 servo based custom... humanoid robot named Giger. This bot was designed in Autodesk Inventor, and machined from 5052 alloy aircraft aluminum using a Sherline 2000 CNC and some work ... (more) Giger: Custom Humanoid Robot

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Giger - Progress Video
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youtube.com - 29 days ago
Giger - Progress Video
— youtube.com — Walking gait is still a bit spotty, very much so a work in progress. These type of... things take a long time to dial in and I'm only working on this in my spar... (more) Giger - Progress Video

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Giger: Custom humanoid robot
blog.makezine.com - 28 days ago
Giger: Custom humanoid robot
— blog.makezine.com — Giger is a really cool looking humanoid robot with impressive specs. The bot stands about 2 feet... tall, weighs in around 11 lbs, has a WiFi camera, and runs embedded Linux. Did I mention it cost $10,000 to build! I guess all those actuators are ... (more) Giger: Custom humanoid robot

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Gizmo Watch:  Gigar: A skillful DIY humanoid for something of course

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Gigar: A skillful DIY humanoid for something of course
Gizmo Watch — ... units, which come in at $300 and $200 each, respectively. The servos used are expensive, but in context to the other cheaper DIY servos, these can deliver an amazing 1,000 ounces per inch of torque. In addition the tiny little humanoid is integrated with a camera and Wi-Fi and runs on Linux. What is all this used for, hit the jump to see it for yourself in the video. Via: LetsMakeRobots/SlashGear

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