3 down, 9 to go

So, a quick update: Planet ComiCon went rather well, though I do feel that I have a hell of a long way to go compared to everyone else's stuff. It was so much fun being there, answering questions, explaining how everything worked.

Anyway, looks like the next one is going to be the Maker Faire in June or July, I forget which. I've been thinking about then, and trying to decide what I want to have ready by then. Now, there's no sign of a skin run on the horizon, but I do have the legs more or less, and so I have decided to see if I can have R2 up and rolling around by then. Toward that end, I picked up a Sabertooth 2x32 driver for the motors, slipped in to the latest DDR2 foot driver run after there was a cancellation, and have begun soliciting info from other builders on how to put it all together.

I think probably the Sabertooth will not be going on the motherboard, if only because of the sheer size. Also, there is a heatsink on it, so I will probably mount it to the frame, let the heat dissipate. Still on the fence on 12v vs 24v. When the drives and things arrive, I'll have about 67 pounds of robot tooling around, so 12 should in theory do it, but I suppose in any case we'll see. The system I'm getting is easily adaptable either way.

In the meantime, I'm working on the legs. Got the horseshoes sanded down the other day and have begun to paint. I've got some nice white gloss which should do the trick. Then this weekend I'll see about sanding and painting the legs, possibly even starting to work on attaching the bits together. Come to think of it, need to print up some more ankle cylinders. Get a full set. Hopefully, the drives and things will ship out next week (I got some mounting hardware and a center foot mount as well so they can roll around until I get a foot shell) and I should be rolling along in the not too distant future.