Do you remember the movie WALL-E? Apparently, [Leviathan engineering] did, and he wasn’t as struck by the title character, or Eva, or even the Captain. He was captivated by BURN-E. His working model shows up in the video below.
We’ll be honest. BURN-E didn’t ring a bell for us, though we remember the movie. He grabbed a 3D design for the robot on the Internet and planned out holes for some servos and other hardware.
That was the idea, anyway. Turns out he didn’t quite leave enough clearance for the motors, so a little hand surgery was in order. The painting was, by his own admission, suboptimal (we would point him to oil paint markers, which are amazing).
The next step was to get the servos actually working, along with the small LCD screen. Space in the body is tight, so it took a few tries to get everything wired up. We didn’t see any code, but it should be pretty simple to draw the eyes and move the servos as you like.
We can’t remember seeing another BURN-E build. But we’ve seen a number of WALL-Es. Some have even been useful.
Hmm. Surprise, surprise.
Using Tinkercad in a project like this raises questions.
I’m familar with the many limitations Tinkercad has.
At least the creater could or should had improved i.e. the model of the servo.
Instantaniously he would have noticed, that screws mounting the serveo would need holes in the body, right?
I use Tinkercad a lot and it’s only really limited by the creativity of the user. I have created a number of complex projects (including animatronic robots) using only Tinkercad. It’s not difficult to verify the model you’re using matches the dimensions of the physical part (although this is an issue that has caught me out in my early days too). I guess sending stuff off to services for printing without doing some physical prototyping first is a good way to make things harder for yourself!
Okay, first of all Burn-E is amazing, and if you’ve heard of him you certainly would never forget him.
That’s what those holes are for? Been using double stick for so long…..
BURN-E is the main character in a short film with that name, which was released with WALL-E. It’s hilarious.