USB power for the most part is limited to 2A under the USB2.0 standard.
The average servo will draw between 2 and 3 Amps each.
You will defiantly need a bigger source of power.
I suggest a 6V power supply.
If your planning on using it to power the whole of the Inmoov robot, then a 50 Amp power supply is recommended.
There are other ways of…[Read more]

There are two ways to go.
You can use the older version of Manticore, there are instruction on this site in the Build yours menu for setting it up.
Manticore runs on Java 1.8, so you will need to install that and make sure it’s the version running.
The other option is to use the still in development Nixie version.
This run on Java 11, again you…[Read more]

There are a number of servos out there, most of which haven’t been tested by builders.
I have found the PDI-6221MG servos 20Kg to be great, but they are a standard size servo, so smaller than the Hitec HS805BB and slightly less torque which is around 23Kg
You can find on Thingiverse adaptors for the standard size servos to fit into the giant size…[Read more]

The Nixie Version of MRL is still in development and will from time to time have bugs.
The developers over at MRL are working on any the bugs that are reported as they arise.
More recently there was a bug in the OpenCV system has now been resolved in version 1.1.708

Help can be obtained from the MRL developers at the discord server…[Read more]

There is a link in the description:
https://www.robocombo.com/combo-biyonik-robot-el-full-kit
But this is behind a paywall, you can get it as a kit.
and is a lot more complex than the Inmoov hand.
As far as I can see all the doco for it is in Turkish.
I doubt it would be compatible with the Inmoov build.

Looking good. 🙂

A lot depends on the version you want to start with.
There is a link to the Manticore version (Officially released) on this site.
Alternatively, you can get the current still in development from the http://myrobotlab.org/ site.
There is a link in the upper left labelled latest.
At the time of typing that was 1.1.666, but the updates happen…[Read more]

Looks like your making good progress 🙂

In my current build, I started with the head, then the torso so that I had a stand for the head 🙂
Now I’m working on the arms.

It is possible with the neck servo to use the standard size servo using a servo adapter.
You can at least put the torso together then and have the neck working.
The arms are going to need the bigger servos.

I think he is looking at me 🙂

Pains in the Ass,
Mrs hit one in an Alto, almost wrote it off and the roo got up and bounced away… 🙁

G’day Mindless, been a while since I spotted you online, good to see you back 🙂

Don’t forget to post pics or videos of your progress so we can all join in the excitement as well 🙂

In this link to Discord, you will find a number of really useful assembly drawings.
https://discord.gg/4AZPCu9XBm
These were created by Shido, admin of that discord channel.
He has also posted them in here, the Google Inmoov forum and on Facebook.
Good bloke to get to know and very helpful.

Don’t forget to have fun while you build 🙂
If you run into issues, then don’t forget to ask the community, A lot of us have already gone through the same build process and can now help others 🙂
There are a lot of strong communities of Inmoov builders, all over the world, starting with this one 🙂

http://myrobotlab.org/
If you look at the left op, you will find Build Passing
Below that is latest and a version number.
You can down load the most recent version from that link. 🙂

What version of MRL are you using?
I found OpenCV only works on the Raspberry Pi with Nixie versions

The driver comes installed as standard on the Raspbian OS.
Either your OS has been corrupted, in which case you might be better off restoring a backup or making a fresh install.
Or
The USB chip on your Arduino Clone is bad 🙁

So far, no ones to my knowledge has a working set of motorised walking legs attached to their Inmoov robot.
The closest I have seen was by John Stager, His robot legs did walk, but were not stable enough for him to risk attaching his Inmoov robot to 🙂
There are other projects to try and make a set of legs that allow an Inmoov to walk.
You can…[Read more]

The next 9 pins are also pointing the wrong way, they a spare un-defined pins, mostly connected to the serial pins on the Arduino Mega 2560.

The last 4 pins on the Nervo board are pointing the wrong way.
Those pins are used to connect to an Arduino Nano to run the NeoPixel ring.

I do remember seeing another design of hand created for the Inmoov robot by a builder that allowed side to side motion of some of the fingers.
It was posted on Thingiverse.
It does require more servos 🙂

In the world of robotics, there is no dark side, unless you plan to have your robots destroy other robots ect.
There is only different 🙂

In any case, keep on building and posting your progress 🙂

Starting with MRL_Nixie, the WebKitSpeechRecognition allows for a wake work that can be used to restart the Speech Recognition.
That would be a feature in Inmoov2.
Wake words are not supported in the Manticore version.

All he needs now is the hand to become your right hand bot 🙂

Nice Progress 🙂
I must work on Fred’s arms…..

I like the look of the screen in the chest.
What screen is that, and are the STL files available?
Looks like a very nice and clean build 🙂

Keep in mind, I’ve been playing with this for 6 years now 🙂
Confidence comes with time.
If you go back an look at some of the very early stuff from Gael, he wasn’t confident with programming at all, Look at what he’s doing now and you would think he was a full time programmer instead of a best in field sculptor designer. 🙂
The idea behind…[Read more]

Looking good, Not that far behind on where I’m at 🙂

Thanks, Fred has progressed since then 🙂
Now he has a torso 🙂
I must get him to make a few more videos…

It helps to be an Electrician when looking at things like Power 🙂
Voltage drop is something that is not well understood by most builders, or a lot of electricians as well 🙂
I did have my Inmoov Fred try to explain it:

I hope that link help you and others out a bit 🙂

Ray

It can seem like it at first, until you get to understand how it works.
Most of MRL is based around services, you can write scripts to start and configure service and then link services together.
I have an all python example of writing a program within the MRL system to run an Inmoov robot.
You are welcome to have a look at it.
I have tried to…[Read more]

One of the programs started by the Inmoov program in MRL is Program AB.
In Inmoov its called i01.chatbot
If you open that tab, you can type you commands in there
It’s like talking to your bot with your fingers 🙂

That Amps rating is the Maximum the Power Supply Unit (PSU) can supply, the voltage is the one that can blow things up.
You want the 6V output, most of the gear used in an Inmoov will tolerate a 6V supply, most don’t like going too low.
If you try and draw more than the PSU’s maximum current, the output voltage will drop, and all the electronics…[Read more]

Your welcome. 🙂
Don’t forget to post pics of your robot as you progress 🙂

The major consideration is the ability to handle the tension applied.
When you consider the pulling force required, it is quite understandable.
The diameter is not anywhere near as important.
as ling as you can feed it through a 2mm hole and the line will hold 200lb or 90Kg, then you should be all good.

Those eyes look great.
the rest of the print is good as well, but i love those eyes 🙂

Modding also makes you go further in to the learning of how things work 🙂
Good news is there are a lot of Inmoov builders that bring knowledge to the group so we can all learn.
Most of the printed mods in Fred were created by other talented builders.
I am working on the power distribution and a different control system, but trying to make sure…[Read more]

Very nice 🙂

You could have a look at this service in MRL
http://myrobotlab.org/service/InMoovHand
I manually created each of the services for mine when testing, but then at the time I was using a Raspberry Pi and the PCA9685 servo boards, didn’t have any Arduinos 🙂
But having a look at the MRL site is a good starting place. 🙂

This would be that place.
You also have a number of other places as well, each with a great community to help.
There is the google forum: https://groups.google.com/g/inmoov
There is the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/174210359646172/about
There is the Discord Group: https://discord.gg/YvvMC4hUX9
So far all four places have shown…[Read more]

Thankyou.
Tomorrow I have a video out on an Air Brush kit I picked up online.
Next week I make the battery cover then add battery mounts for a pair of 20V 4AH Li-Ion power tool batteries to power Fred with.
Each battery holds more power than the 6V Gel Cell normally fitted to an Inmoov.
But to use these batteries you need to have a few Switch Mode…[Read more]

I have with mixed results.
When I add the services manually, they all appear to work well.
I can not use the standard InMoov services as I’m running a non-standard build with the PCA9685 servo driver boards in the head and back.
The scripts I have created for my build appear to work on Manticore, but the servos are not working in Nixie.
I haven’t…[Read more]

There are a few differences including the numbers of pins.
I purchased a few years ago, and adaptor cable that came with a 12Vdc Power supply.
It has the required plug socket for the Kinect to plug into with two wires coming out, one to the power supply, the other to a USB type A plug that connects to your computer.
Something like…[Read more]

Good question, I think you need them hosted somewhere and then you link to them
I tend to link videos that are hosted on YouTube.
Then it’s just a matter of pasting in the URL to the video or pic

No problems,
I like seeing worky Inmoov robots.
Would be nice if they stay worky 🙂

Very cool 🙂

Bedrijfsspanningsbereik (Volt gelijkstroom): 4.8V ~ 6.0V
They are rated at 4.8V ~ 6.0V
There is a chance they will die an early death if you run them above the 6.0V

That looks very nice.
Make want to think about getting a resin printer 🙂
All jokes aside, the fingers would look good with resin as well.

Oh, so thats a mini Inmoov.
So cool when you see it standing next to a full sized Inmoov 🙂

The chest part in the middle looks a bit different.
Do you have a plan for that hole?
Are the STL files available?
I do like the skin tones on the head.
Looking good 🙂

There are 2 or three sizes of servo used in the head depending on the version you are building.
The Official version uses a HS-805BB for the turning left/right as well as a MG996R for the Jaw or equivalent.
It’s been a while, but I think it also uses 2 x SG90 servos for the eye movement’s
I’ve built a non standard head, (that comes with it’s own…[Read more]

I found with mine, there is a setting in the slicer called Horizontal expansion.
Setting this to -0.15 in my case solved all this problem and the calibration parts fit together nicely.
This setting can vary from printer to printer and even between slicers.
The setting of -0.15 works in my Cura slicer, while -0.10 works best in S3D on the same printer.

It works for me,

Sketch 3D: Hand

It does have some iterative features, so you may need to update your PDF viewer.

Very cool,
I would like to see more of you progress, particularly with regards to the balance for walking 🙂

I’m re-building the upper torso and shoulders.
My old printer was not well calibrated and I had a lot of dimensional inaccuracies.
With my newer printer, it’s now accurate, and since the stand for Fred’s new head is not that good, I’m using the upper torso as a stand 🙂

That was it 🙂
Thanks qwenael 🙂

I can’t attach the track to the ceiling in my home (the wife would kill me 🙂 ) but I did build a frame on casters that can help support the robot when I first start testing. 🙂

There are two options here to solve your problem.
1) and the better method is to go to the MRL site and search the problem there, there was a solution given there or talk to Grog or Kwatter on the MRL site.
2) install an older version of the Arduino IDE 1.8.9 works well.
The problem arises from a change in the Arduino IDE and the way it interprets…[Read more]

This project will take a while to complete.
I’m trying to work through all the possible design considerations including the maths.
Last thing I want is for my Inmoov robot to fall over and break. 🙂

I’m working on the basis, if I can explain it to others, then I have a reasonable understanding myself.
Also, if I have made an error, someone may…[Read more]

I think your robot is sinking into the floor, almost down to the knees 🙂

Looking good 🙂

Aren’t those two tendons supposed to go to the middle servo not installing in the image?

I’m slowly working on that 🙂

Nice looking Build.
If your gonna have your robot that close to the roof, maybe a hard hat would be a good accessory for it 🙂

Good to hear, glad I could help 🙂

It’s been my experience that everyone joining into this project has at least one skill to helps the project in general, the trick is in helping them get past the area’s where they don’t have a skill.
Some are better programmers than others who have no skill there at all, while others have better mechanical…[Read more]

Hmmm, that differs a bit from mine that seems to work
java version “1.8.0_231”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_231-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.231-b11, mixed mode)
You may need to download the older version of Java and install it.
I know the latest version is version 11 and MRL has problems with that as well.

What version of Java are you running?
In a command or terminal window enter
java -version
and note the version.
The manticore release of MRL runs on Java version 1.7.xxx or version 1.8.xxxxx
new versions are know to have issues with MRL

Can I suggest the static legs?
They look good and lets your bot stand on it own two legs:-)

🙂
Sounds like something I would have said 🙂

This is looking very good, got a nice shine to it 🙂

On some of the prints, I will pause the print and change the filament which is what I did for the shoulder covers with the MRL logo.
For the center chest bit, I printed the hollow parts in black, then the letters in white and glued them in.

I may well be very wrong, but, if you pass a French language phase to it with a voice more suited to the French language.
I did try a test copying some text from this site (The post below), but I can not judge the result as I don’t speak or understand the French language at all.
I did try this line at the terminal window.
./mimic -t “boujour je…[Read more]

This is a nice looking build.
I will be interested to see the rest of the robot on this base and to see it working 🙂

That is good to hear 🙂
Fred’s head is a series of video showing the construction of a non-standard Inmoov head with a Raspberry Pi 3 mounted in the head.
A few of the videos cover setting up the Raspberry pi and basic testing.
Both Steve Rayner and Kyle Campbell have good videos of a standard Inmoov head and well worth watching their videos as…[Read more]

I ran into this problem on the Raspberry Pi 3.
Have a look at this video near the start where I fix this problem first.

So your not using MRL at all?
Sounds impressive in any case.
My quick search has it on special at US$60, not too bad.

I was thinking more of how you got the tracking software working 🙂
I’ve got one of Fred’s eyes with a camera in it connected to a Raspberry Pi and servos working to move the eyes, but haven’t done anything on image processing or tracking.

No problems. 🙂
had me stumped for a little while, but I knew it worked a few years earlier, so it should work now 🙂

I don’t suppose you have a video of this and how you achieved it ?
Would be interesting to see how it was done 🙂

It’s a very good start, Looking good 🙂

If you are following a standard build as described in the build yours section of this site, yes you will need the nervo boards.
Keep in mind the Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 are far too small to run the whole of the Inmoov project
Several features such as OpenCV are not supported at all by the Raspberry Pi under the Manticore build of MyRobotLab (MRL)
The…[Read more]

I like the Orange White combination, should be easy to find in a crowd 🙂

I remember seeing one for the old neck, but not the new official one.
Sounds like a good video for you to make 🙂

Looking good 🙂

Still working on the modified head, Last week I mounted the Raspberry Pi in the head, Friday I release the video on mounting the SMPS for the pi and connecting it to the PCA9685, the week after that is testing and some very basic programming.
Then i start the walking robot series I hope.
Where i plan to motorize the legs, this will not be an easy task.

The temptation to print multiple parts at one on the big bed is great, but a failure in on can result in the failure of all the prints on that bed 🙁
Learn’t that the hard way a couple of time. Apparently I’m a slow learner 🙂
Good luck with your build, it will be along journey, but well worth it in the end.

Very nice looking print 🙂

Been working it almost every day the last few weeks 🙂

I have in the past to a point.
I have a non-standard build.
I used PCA9685 servo drivers in the head, arms and body and these are supported in the Inmoov service but they are in MRL.
So I have had them running, just not well 🙂
I am currently rebuilding the head for my Inmoov again with a Raspberry Pi 3, but also have an AI HAT to add to it for…[Read more]

Have you seen these?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/For-Raspberry-Pi-Zero-Camera-Module-1-4-5MP-OV5647-Spy-W-Flex-Cable-Compute/233565463897?hash=item3661962559:g:GZEAAOSwqjJesrIG&frcectupt=true

They are a very small camera module, designed to connect to a Raspberry Pi, but they are very small.
The eyes I used in my Inmoov are smaller than most…[Read more]

You know, you could put a Thermal image sensor in that spot.
So if you have the cameras in the eyes or a kinect installed, Just another option to have 🙂
I like it.

I do like the color scheme you have used here 🙂

Nice build.
Do the finger sensors work for you?

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

How well do the ultra sonic range finders work in Leo?
I’m assuming Leo is the one on the right 🙂

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. 🙂

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. 🙂

You don’t happen to have video of it working?
Looks good.

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]

Nice print.
Be good to the rest of the robot to go with the head 🙂

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.

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]

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.

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 🙂

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]

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]

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?

Hope that all helps.
Ray

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.

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.

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]

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.

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 ?

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

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]