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Erich Pelikan posted an update 19 hours, 7 minutes ago

Lockdown period gave me some time to add the stomach and develop the interface. Our “Ultron” has a Raspberry Pi V4 with NodeRed as master, an Arduino Uno plus two PCA9685 servo shields. Communication between Pi and Arduino is established via Serial over USB and works fine. Still a lot to do…

lecagnois posted an update 1 day, 4 hours ago

Petit INMOOV échelle 0.64 sur plateau motorisé .
poids 5,3 KG
Inmoov étant moins lourd , j’ai pu motorisé les jambes piloter avec un arduino et un motor shield V2 de adafruit . beaucoup de fichiers STL sont modifiés pour adapter des servos plus petits .

Marcos Barraza posted an update 4 days, 14 hours ago

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1472850659562226&set=a.1152482851599010
La foto representa a Inmoov saliendo de la piedra y es un homenaje y agradecimiento a Gael por la generosidad de compartir con el mundo su talento en este gran diseño

pelusa posted an update 4 days, 16 hours ago

hola,hay alguien que hable español?

Marcos Barraza replied 4 days, 15 hours ago

A tus órdenes

Ray Edgley posted an update 6 days, 2 hours ago

Continuing on with building a new Inmoov robot head for Fred.
This time I work on the eyes 🙂

Ross McNeill posted an update 6 days, 22 hours ago

Refurbishment of my original Inmoov – dropped the Iron Man colour scheme for a classic black and white and changed out the 12VDC gear motors for servos.

Could not resist a trial so instead of MyRpbot Lab and serial arduino/nervo board control changed to DMX using QLC+ lighting control to do scene/chaser and show control.

This is the fixture…[Read more]

Ray Edgley replied 5 days, 9 hours ago

I think James Burton did something like that with his two animated bots for shows.
All running off DMX

Peter Thorpe posted an update 1 week ago

Im new to the sight just singed but started my InMoov last summer. Iv compleated printing on allparts down to upper stomach. i installed sevoes for head and neck so far. right now i cant get PLA needed to proceed or inmoov control boards. i did place an order for the shoulder and arm servoes hoeever so i can start work on that when i get them. How…[Read more]

Ray Edgley replied 6 days, 2 hours ago

You just need to post the URL link to the picture you want to display in most cases.
I know this works for video links as I just did this. 🙂
- Peter Thorpe replied 2 days, 19 hours ago
  
  ok thanks ill try this in a little while.

pelusa posted an update 1 week ago

hola,alguien de habla hispana?

Daniel Schindler posted an update 1 week, 5 days ago

Robert and Leo

Frank Parks replied 1 week, 2 days ago

Very interesting view in the life of InMoov.
I wonder what Robert and Leo talk about when you leave the room?
- Daniel Schindler replied 1 week, 2 days ago
  
  Yeah, they look like they saw some things
Ray Edgley replied 6 days, 2 hours ago

How well do the ultra sonic range finders work in Leo?
I’m assuming Leo is the one on the right 🙂
- Daniel Schindler replied 3 days, 18 hours ago
  
  I did not test them in a gesture yet, but they work as intended. I saw Gael released a gesture with the use of this sensors.

Ray Edgley posted an update 1 week, 6 days ago

So I started building the new head for Fred, my Inmoov build.

The Transparent filament looks really cool for a robot head. 🙂

Shido posted an update 2 weeks ago

Eyepixel

Frank Parks posted an update 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Maria’s Chest
Adding the Chest assembly accentuates InMoov’s uniqueness; InMoov is a striking work of art.
Creations that combine innovative engineering with artistic style are rare.

Frank Parks replied 2 weeks, 4 days ago

The shoulder logo was printed in Jet Black. After 52 minutes, the Prusa i3 MK3S printer paused and prompted me to unload the black filament and load the white filament. This shoulder matches the theme of the center element with white lettering on a black background.
- Ray Edgley replied 2 weeks, 3 days ago
  
  In mine, I went the other way, White background with a black logo.
  Same process, pause the print at the first layer of the logo, to look so much better than painting. 🙂
Norbert replied 2 weeks ago

very nice print. what is that filament?
- Frank Parks replied 2 weeks ago
  
  The filament is Prusa 1.75 mm PETG Jet Black and PETG White.
  I am now printing 24 hours a day with PETG. I love PETG filament with the Prusa i3 MK3S printer.
Norbert replied 6 days, 7 hours ago

Thanks for the information

Steve Rayner posted an update 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Creaky torso video. Does anyone have any ideas how to eliminate the creaking?

Bob Houston replied 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Grease! Did you grease everything? I used white lithium grease. That took care of any creaking.
- Ross McNeill replied 1 week, 4 days ago
  
  Check the length of screws you used to fix discunder – In my build they were a fraction long and were dragging onto the torso shaft behind.

Ray Edgley posted an update 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Starting to work on a new head for Fred.
This time, I\’m going non-standard and printing out re-mixed parts,
but before starting, I needed something to sit the head on while i work on it.

Meet Fred\’s new head stand.

Frank Parks posted an update 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Maria’s Head Added to Torso
The head and articulated neck were added to the PETG Torso. I like the flexibility of the new neck.
The life like expression capability is intriguing.

Frank Parks replied 2 weeks, 6 days ago

My first InMoov is still on-the-run; the missing InMoov was built with the old neck design using PLA filament.
The new articulating neck is an excellent improvement.
- Ray Edgley replied 2 weeks, 6 days ago
  
  You don’t happen to have video of it working?
  Looks good.

jason fetterman posted an update 3 weeks, 2 days ago

so I just wanted to say I am starting my inmoov journey. I have wanted to build this for a long time. I bought a 10 Lb. roll of PETG Pro black to get this going. I thank you guys for letting me in this group.
I will post as I print to show my progress

Steve Rayner posted an update 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Stripping the robot down a bit to make attaching the stomach a little easier.

Frank Parks replied 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Steve, your quality tear-down and rebuild video is quite an educational journey.
Thanks for sharing your helpful videos.

Kaa posted an update 3 weeks, 4 days ago

I\’m about to order my first finger starter and planning to print it through an online store. If I\’m using PLA to print with a layer thickness of 0.1mm, what would the recommended solid infill be? There are 3 options to choose from at my local printers: 20% sparse infill, 50% or 100% solid infill. Any recommendations?

Frank Parks posted an update 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Maria’s Torso
Building the Torso with PETG was straight forward thanks to Gael’s detailed instructions.

Frank Parks replied 3 weeks, 4 days ago

It helps to add the articulating neck during the build of the Torso.
Frank Parks replied 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Did you notice the shoulder pistons are visible in the photo?
Installing the “Pistonbase” and “PistonClavi” will make the shoulder installation easy.

Ray Edgley posted an update 3 weeks, 5 days ago

I decided it was time to look at the NeoPixel ring in Fred\’s stomach.

Frank Parks replied 3 weeks, 4 days ago

The NeoPixel Ring video is great! Ray, your series of videos are very helpful to InMoov makers. Thanks.
- Ray Edgley replied 3 weeks, 4 days ago
  
  Thanks for your comment,
  There are a couple of us who are showing the way now,
  There is only so much that can be conveyed with words and pictures, and with so many languages, sometimes a moving image can be better.
  I know I have learned a lot with this project, between this site and the videos from Kyle Campbell…[Read more]

Steve Rayner posted an update 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Latest update on the Civrays InMoov. I finished the right shoulder, but not installed yet. Things will get exciting soon because the next step is to put together all the parts built so far.

Frank Parks posted an update 4 weeks ago

Meet Maria
Since my first InMoov has escaped, a new head and neck were printed with PETG filament using the Prusa I3 MK3S 3D printer.

Frank Parks replied 4 weeks ago

InMoov’s new name is Maria.
Young Maria’s face reflects her pleasant personality with naive innocence.

The old missing InMoov head was printed with PLA. I like the new Prusa White and Jet Black PETG filaments. The prints are more uniform and stronger with very consistent color between rolls. The 0.15 mm layer height is a good balance bet…[Read more]
- Ray Edgley replied 3 weeks, 6 days ago
  
  Nice print.
  Be good to the rest of the robot to go with the head 🙂

Chalabi posted an update 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Today I\’m going to start printing the shoulder with PLA and ABS whatever you think of these 2 materials. I prefer PLA because I don\’t need to apply glue and I just had a 2nd printer, an ultimate monoprice which uses only 1.75mm wire

Rubén Mamani Ch. posted an update 1 month ago

Hello friends, I am thinking of starting to build the InMoov Robot and contribute as a developer.

I have some doubts that are the following:

1) InMoov2 I see that it is in development, the question is InMoov2 will another 3D Models be used, especially different from InMoov?

2) What version of MyrobotLab do you use and which Github repository…[Read more]

Ray Edgley replied 1 month ago

Inmoov2 uses that same hardware as Inmoov, it’s purly a service upgrade in MyRobotLab.
All the info you could ever need about the MyRobotLab project can be found at
http://myrobotlab.org/
There you can access all the documentation including how to setup and download the GitHub for the project.
- Gael Langevin replied 4 weeks ago
  
  Note that the available InMoov2 full upgrade is here:
  http://www.inmoov.fr/InMoovWebGui/InMoov2_MyRobotLab.exe
  The current version on myrobotlab.org doesn’t yet contain all the latest updates compiled together.
  Unless you know which repo to use and how to compile with Github.

Steve posted an update 1 month ago

Why is there no Darpa like challenge for InMoov, where InMoov robots have to master different challenges.

Mat Prentis posted an update 1 month ago

Put together another video this time a brief introduction in creating Gestures using the \”Capture Gesture\” command

Gael Langevin posted an update 1 month ago

Quarantine has given me time to work on the graphical UI for InMoov in the new version of MyRobotLab (non released NIXIE).
There is still many bugs because the webgui is a BIG work in progress, but you can try it out and see many new features.
Thanks to Astro for all the help and making a tutorial to get me to understand how to work with…[Read more]

BezanaTech posted an update 1 month ago

This week we have started with the assembly of the arms of our Inmoov 🙂

Ray Edgley posted an update 1 month ago

I spotted this Grove AI HAT for Edge Computing.
Its designed to connect to the Raspberry Pi and act as an AI Accelerator for the Pi.
So I got one to have a bit more of a look.

Steve Rayner posted an update 1 month ago

Made a start on the right shoulder. Need to figure out how to set the pot.

Frank Parks posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago

Quarantine Violation – InMoov Has Escaped.

InMoov in disguise believes no will notice an escape from quarantine.

The 6 volt, 12 amp-hour, battery allows InMoov to be quite mobile. The Raspberry Pi 3 and the USB WiFi allow InMoov to be autonomous. InMoov just needs to occasionally find a battery charger.

Mat Prentis posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago

If I may share two video tutorial that I recently made.
The first is electrical and electronics using Nervo boards it also covers how to us the 6V supply to power the Kinect.
Second video is all about installing and configuring mrl.

Ray Edgley replied 1 month ago

You sound like a fellow Aussie 🙂
Good to see a standard build electronics wiring.
I’m working on a non standard setup, but there are a lot more people needing to see the standard setup.
- Mat Prentis replied 1 month ago
  
  Thanks Ray. Yes picked the accent I’m a fellow Aussie.

Fravibe posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago

Hola. Tengo la cabeza terminada. Quería saber como hacer funcionar el detector de rostro.
muchas gracias y un saludo a todos.

Ray Edgley posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago

Well in my last video, I ran into a problem when i went to attach the legs, they didn\’t quite fit.
This week, I have fixed that and now Fred is standing
He\’s taller than I thought he would be, either that or I\’m shorter….

Chalabi replied 1 month, 1 week ago

Bravo Woow!

zurczurc posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago

Bonjour Gael, il y a 2 ans, j’ai construit mon Inmoov et je me suis arrêté avant d’assembler mes jambes, car j’espère qu’un jour les jambes motorisées d’Inmoov seront disponibles. Gael comptez-vous poursuivre le projet Inmoov et terminer les jambes motorisées? Comme je suis chez moi à cause du COVID-19, j’ai l’intention de reprendre le pr…[Read more]

Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 1 week ago

Hello Zurczurc,

The legs are a very difficult part to make.
They need to be strong, lightweight and fast.
There is also the issue of balance which is also very difficult.
Gael has released the static legs and they do hold the robot up.
Just a note, in order to achieve the strength required to support the rest of the robot, some of the components…[Read more]
zurczurc replied 1 month, 1 week ago

In the list of modified parts there are my contributions. At the moment the money is tight, but I will see more calmly, I am very good in hardware but not in mechanics.
- Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  I understand the mechanics, but are not very good in the cad design.
  Within the static legs that Gael has created, he has re-used parts from his early prototypes of a motorized version.
  I would love to see the rest of the parts around the knee for the motorized version as what I have seen so far and the video on YouTube of the testing of the knee…[Read more]
- Ray Edgley replied 1 month ago
  
  I was thinking more about walking robots the last week or so after seeing a robot elbow design using cables to drive it.
  
  I was also looking at how other bipedal animals (Birds, Chickens and Ducks) walk and the distribution of the muscles.
  It occurs to me, the further up the robot the mass is, the…[Read more]

Chalabi posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Yes, i have finished the right hand of my robot …my 3D printer make me lot of problems to print!

Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago

What type, brand of printer are you using?
What dimensions?
I use a Cocoon Create Touch 200 x 200 x 180 or a Creality CR10S5, 500 x 500 x 500
- Chalabi replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  I use ultimaker 2+ with 223x223x205mm.
  - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 1 week ago
    
    Did you use PLA, ABS, PETG?
    each has their own benefits and problems
    PLA is easy to print, but harder to join and not as good in elevated temperatures.
    ABS is cheap and very easy to join parts, but can be more challenging to print with due to warping.
    PETG is easy to print, good at higher temps, but I do not know about joining at this stage and…[Read more]
    - Chalabi replied 1 month, 1 week ago
      
      Hi
      Yes i use PLA and ABS. I prefer use PLA for the esthetic. But, i have difficut to make the Neckpiston gear in the Neckpiston . I have used Pla and Abs and have always the same difficult to make in the Neckpistion the piston. Have you an idea why i can’t?
      - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 1 week ago
        
        The simple answer is, Its a hard set of parts to print, and gives the most people a hard time.
        So your not alone.
        The most common suggestion is to reduce the pistonbase by around 3% in the X and Y axis only using the slicer.
        Some have reported that this works while others still have trouble.
        I admit it was a very challenging part for me to print…[Read more]

Frank Parks posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Expanded Finger Starter Kit
The Finger Starter Kit keeps on growing. First, I added the head with the jaw and neck servos. Then I added the eyes with two Hercules USB cameras.

Frank Parks replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago

My InMoov is controlled by MyRobotLabs on a Raspberry Pi driving two Arduino Uno boards.

One Uno controls the Finger and the Head.
The second Uno detects objects with the PIR sensor. When a human enters the room, the heartbeat of InMoov’s 16-element NeoPixel Ring changes.

On the upper right is an amplified speaker and the microphone is on the l…[Read more]

Ray Edgley posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Continuing the video series on the Static Leg,
Here are the thighs 🙂

Frank Parks posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Finger Starter Kit

Frank Parks replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago

I really like my finger starter kit. I have had it for a while and it has become a very valuable learning tool. This setup also speeds up the the testing and debugging of servos and robotics projects. — Frank
- Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Very nice, You should do a short video showing how it works.

Erich Pelikan posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Assembly of major parts finished, all servos tested – programming can start!

Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Looking good. It makes me realise just how much work I still have to do.
- Erich Pelikan replied 1 month ago
  
  Yes Steve, and the true work seems to start on the soft(ware) part. I decided to use Arduino shields, a Raspberry PI4 with Node Red and Serial Communication via USB to connect both platforms – boy this is really challenging my software development skills. But its fun – and I consider it a marathon.

Ray Edgley posted an update 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Turns out the Inmoov robot is taller than me 🙂

Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Love the red. I’m enjoying your videos on the static leg assembly. I’m interested in the sizes and quantities of any nuts and bolts used.
- Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Hello Steve,
  
  The following quantities are for each leg, so you will need to double them for both legs.
  1 x M8 x 125 mm and 1 x M8 x 95 mm long for each knee.
  - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Connecting the knee to the Tibia I have used 3 x M4 x 40 mm long with the head of one flattened to allow it to sit flush against the front wall of the Tibia when facing up.
    Theses could have been 25 mm long, however only had 20 mm and 40 mm long on hand.
    As it turns out the middle of those three is convenient to tie back to the small trolley I…[Read more]
    - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Connecting the Knee to the Thigh I used 3 x M4 x 20 mm long nut and bolts, with the nuts being plastic welded into the knee joint.
      
      On the back side is the locking part that has 2 x M5 X 40 mm long countersunk.
      The nuts were plastic welded into place.
      - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        The feet have all wood screws installed and I don’t have the gauge sizes for the screws I used, these are ones I had on hand, but there are 13 in each foot.
      - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Hope that all helps.
        Ray
      - Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Thanks Ray, that’s a massive help.
- Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Hello Steve,
  
  The last video in this series is scheduled to go live on Friday.
  Do you link it would be helpful if I include this list of parts in the description as well?
  - Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 1 week ago
    
    Yes as it will make it easier to find. The info will probably get lost in this forum as time passes.
    - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 1 week ago
      
      Good news is, as a result of your request, I also went back to the last video, and added the parts list in the description of the Video.
      If one person asked, then there will be many other who will want to know as well 🙂

lecagnois posted an update 1 month, 3 weeks ago

sortez avec votre masque , prenez soin de vous .

Ray Edgley posted an update 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Now complete, Fred\’s Knees

Steve Rayner posted an update 1 month, 3 weeks ago

I’m about to build my second shoulder and I have a couple of questions.
1. Do we really need support on PivTitV3 ?
2. Is it a mistake on the ‘Build yours’ instructions where it says you need 2x PivPetentioRound or PivPotentioSquare? for one shoulder I think you only need 1 (not 2).

Obviously not real problems, just wondered if these are…[Read more]

Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago

You do need two, one for the shoulder rotator and one for the omo…. forgot the name of it, but it lifts the shoulder up using a piston while the shoulder rotate is done with a worm drive like the bicep rotator
- Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  
  Yes, but that’s a different part. For the Omniplate we use PivPotHolder, not PivPotentio. Don’t we?
  - Ray Edgley replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
    
    Yeah, you may be correct….
    Maybe Gael assumes you will forget to print it again when you print the left shoulder or that you will break one ?
    - Steve Rayner replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
      
      Ah, I think I see where there is some confusion. Gael shoulder tutorial actually seems to cover some of the bicep parts. So we use PivPotentio in both the pivot of the shoulder and the rotation of the bicep.

Luke Sky posted an update 1 month, 4 weeks ago

I stay home😊

Steve Rayner posted an update 2 months ago

I just finished the second bicep. I’m really pleased with it.

Ray Edgley posted an update 2 months ago

So continuing to build the static leg for Fred, my build of the Inmoov robot.

Chalabi posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago

I have finished to print the complete head!

Ray Edgley replied 2 months, 1 week ago

Nice 🙂
- Chalabi replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  thank you!

Steve Rayner posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago

I finally got round to making some progress and uploading a new video. Please take a look. Sorry it’s a long one.

Ray Edgley posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ok, so i started to print out the feet and ankles.
So far all looks good.

Chalabi posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bonjour TLM
Je suis entrain de réaliser la partie pensante du robot, soit la tête complète avec les yexu et le mécanisme. Ce qui m’intrigue et ne me laisse pas poursuivre mon chemin avec mon imprimante 3D , ce sont les modifications ou les remplacement des pièces par d’autres. Ma question: Est-ce que les modifications approuvées par M. Lange…[Read more]

Tonzatonka posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

http://inmoov.fr/members/robertwpeterson/album/picture/1982/

Tonzatonka posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Not sure if my hip covers are correct. The file labeled left didn\’t seem correct on the left side. I ended up swapping the two. Are the files possibly mis-labeled, or are my hip covers wrong?
Got the neopixel ring working, just trying to see where I can mount the uno, or if I will have to swap it for a nano because of space.

Kenneth Lloyd Boller posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

printed and assembled my finger started almost a week ago now and still cant get it to move 🙁 every tutorial i find is either in french and atleast 5-7 years old…cant find anything recent that i can understand to help me figure out how to do this and im becoming very frustrated with it… :/ anyone available to assist?

Ray Edgley replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The finger starter portion of the project hasn’t changed in 7 years, so the older tutorials should work fine.
This is the best one to folow:

Finger Starter

Make sure you have enough power to run the servo, the USB from the computer will NOT have enough power and will cause all sorts of problems.
Use a 6V supply, from a power…[Read more]

BezanaTech posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Electronic components are already arriving for assembly.

BezanaTech posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

First day of assembly of our Inmoov robot 🙂

Guillermo posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

hola ! gracias por la aceptación a la comunidad, soy de buenos Aires, estoy empezando a imprimir las piezas, luego veré como puedo ir comprando los componentes ya que mi sueldo no colabora. abrazos

Gerard Espona posted an update 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hey ! sharing some progress after joining stomach and torso.

Gerard Espona replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago

You can follow the progress too on:
https://www.instagram.com/bit_robot/
Tonzatonka replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fantastic! This is turning out great!
- Gerard Espona replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Thx ! 🙂

Ray Edgley posted an update 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Since the last video generated some interest in my build of the InMoov robot (Fred) I thought I would pull off one of his arms and give you a look inside.

Perry replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Great job Ray. The print look outstanding.
- Ray Edgley replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  And that was done with what was then a very cheap CTC printer back in 2017.
  The printer also had errors in the calibration of the X and Y axis, so all joints had to be filed to make them fit.
  
  So even with a crappy print, you can still build a working Inmoov 🙂

Ray Edgley posted an update 2 months, 4 weeks ago

It\’s been a while since I did anything with the Inmoov project.
So I decided to print the Inmoov statue again, but this time at 300 mm tall.
Came out OK.
But have a look for yourself 🙂