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2 weekend print result
Because of a holiday in Turkey I could not print for one week and wasn’t able to share the results with you.

The picture shows a lot of parts. From left to right and from top to bottom:
- robpart3V3
- robpart4V3
- lowarmsideV1_square
- rotawrist3V2
- rotawrist2 (black part)
- PivPotholderV21b (two black parts)
- rotawrist1V3
- cableholderwristV4
- WristGearsV4 (3 gears)
- PivPotentioV3 (4 black parts)
- servo-pulleyX5
I did redo the lowarmsideV1, PivPotentioV3 and the PivPotholderV21 because I used the original one at frist and used a Dremel to make it fit. The potentiometers fit great is this new design so I made four of them.

Be sure you check the website from Gael Langevin at www.inmoov.fr.
May 10, 2015
More prints
This weekend my Ultimaker delivered 4 parts. The first part was the LowarmsideV1. I also did this part last weekend, but now I printed it with a square potentiometer mount. The designer of the inMoov, Gael Langevin pointed me to this piece on www.wevolver.com last week. You can find this design on Thingiverse at www.thingiverse.com/hairygael/collections/inmoov-parts-and-derivatives. I like it, because with the left arm I had to modify the hole with my Dremel.

In the picture above you can see from left to right and from top to bottom the following pieces.
- elbowshaftgearV1
- robpart5V3
- LowarmsideV1
- pistonbaseantiV1
The robpart5V3 is a part for the lower arm and took me over 11 hours to print. I want a nice result so it takes a while. The result is nice. I only removed the print support from the robpart5V3. The parts came out the printer as shown on the picture.

Be sure you check the website from Gael Langevin at www.inmoov.fr.
April 19, 2015
4 parts of inMoov robot
The Ultimaker Original printed 4 parts from the inMoov Robot this weekend. I wanted to do 2 more parts, but somehow I did not planned it very well. On the picture you can see the 4 print in PLA that came out very nicely.
- 2 x lowarmsideV1
- PistonanticlockV1
- servobaseV1
Just a few parts to go and the right bicep of the inMoov robot is printed. Make sure that you check out the great website from the designer of this nice robot (www.inmoov.fr).
April 12, 2015
3 day weekend print
This weekend it was Easter and in the Nederlands it’s an official national holiday. This means that we have an extra day of free time on Monday. And what can you do when you are at home? Right! Use your printer to make some parts of the inMoov robot. You can see the result of the 3 day weekend on the picture below.

From left to right and from top to bottom:
- ServoholderV1
- RotMitV2
- 2x reinforcerV1
- higharmsidev1
- spacerV1
- gearHolderV1
- gearpotentioV1
These are all part that can be used on both arms. In my case these are all for the right arm. I was happy with the result and I also had time to print a part for a control box of my house. Maybe I write something about it also.

If you want to make a inMoov robot, please check the designer at www.inmoov.fr
April 6, 2015
inMoov has a head

Finally I have some progress on my inMoov robot. In my last I described a method to hack servos for the shoulder and the arm, but my inMoov Torso was still headless. The robot has a head now. Yes!!

The head of the inMoov robot has a lot of parts. Not only at the outside, but internally there is a mechanism with servos to control the eye and the jaw movement. This needed some tweaks to make it work. First of all I had the wrong servos and these didn’t fit as easy as I expected. The Dremel was needed to make the holes for the servo bigger and another shape. At the end I probably should have designed a new one, but this will do for now

Second problem I had, was the mount of the vertical eye movement. The servo arm was too short. I tried everything, but it stayed to short. Finally I designed a new one that was fitted snugly.

As you can see the inner parts aren’t very nice. These actual where the first few parts I printed with my Ultimaker. I used a raft with the print and that isn’t the best method. Now I use a rim to protect the print from warping.

At the back of the Neck you see the wires coming out. I used extension wires to make the cable of the servo longer. To guide the wire trough the head I used Tyraps and hot glue. This should protect them from getting stuck between the moving parts.

October 5, 2014
inMoov torso on a stick

All the parts of the InMoov torso are ready and I have put it together.
Yes!!!! The torso is the main body part of the InMoov because the head and the arms are attached to it.

To make the torso stand up I used the two part stand holder from http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:44452. I want to mount the Kinect and this part make this possible and is robust enough. Those two parts are glued together. The metal pipe is 22 mm and is 1 meter long.

The hole in stand holder part is slightly smaller so I used a 22 mm drill to make it bigger.

At the bottom I used two pieces of wood I had lying around and used some screws and glue to mount it together.

This construction will not be stable enough when moving the arms. For now it’s enough because a lot of printing is required to finish the arms.

While printing the arms I can complete the head and mount the Kinect. Some extra pictures of the torso.

Make sure you take a look at the website from InMoov at www.inmoov.fr

March 31, 2014
Progress inMoov torso

Slowly but surely the InMoov torso is taking shape. There are a lot of parts to print. I damaged my Ultimaker printer by pulling to hard at the filament. I had to wait for spare parts, but I am printing again. In the pictures you can see the torso with only three parts missing at the back side.

I will be happy if this is done, so I can mount the torso on a stick and the head on top of it. The part fit together very well without a lot of modifying afterwards. Please take a look at the original designer of the inMoov robot. www.inmoov.fr

March 23, 2014
BOB the Biped legs
While printing the inMoov robot I made some progress on BOB the Biped. This is an open source project build by K.Biagini. You can find it at http://www.instructables.com/id/BoBtheBiPed/

To build BOB you have to print 6 parts on a 3D printer. BOB has four servo’s. Two for each leg and is powered by 4 AAA sized batteries.

Part list
- 3D printed parts
- 4 small servo motors
- Battery holder for 4 AAA batteries
- Arduino Pro Mini (5V)
- Distance Meter
- Wires
- Small breadboard
Printing the parts
BOB has only 6 parts. The base plate, the head, two brackets and two foots. I used a Ultimaker printer to make the parts and took a day to print. I am planning to make two of them. One red and one pink. I have two daughters. The parts have a tight fit so you need to sand it down a bit.

Mounting the parts
I used small servo’s from Tower Pro. There are three screws in the package. I used two to mount the servo lever to the L-shaped bracket. The four spare screws from the four servo’s are used for mounting the two servo’s on the feet. I used hot glue to fix the servo’s to the base plate.

As you can see on the photo, I soldered a 3 pin connector on the wires of the servos.
February 23, 2014
BOB the Biped

I try to get my kids involved into robotics. There is only one problem. I have two daughters. They are interested but the things I build are not attractive to see so they are bored very fast.

I have a Ultimaker 3D printer for a few months now (I will write about this someday) and they really like this thing. The girls only want to print dogs and the oldest one asked me to print a Aibo dog for her. Great idea but … maybe some other time.

Last week I found something on the Internet what’s simple and looks great. I showed it to my kids and they loved it. It’s Called BOB the Biped. This is an open source project build by K.Biagini. You can find it at http://www.instructables.com/id/BoBtheBiPed/

Below the parts I printed. Next on the todo list are the electronics.

September 29, 2013
inMoov work in progress

It’s amazing what some people publish on the Internet. For a while now Gael Langevin has published his designs for a life size humanoid robot. With a 3D printer and some skills you can build this great
project.
It happens that I have a 3D printer Ultimaker and some building skills so I started printing. You need a lot of filament and a lot of patience to complete this project, but it’s really great to do.
If you want to start to start this project visit Gael’s website at http://www.inmoov.fr/

Below the pictures of the progress of my inMoov Robot head. I am not sure if I finish the complete robot. It’s takes about 6 hours to print one part at normal speed and there are a lot of parts. We shall see.

See the pictures below to see the progress at this point in time.

September 22, 2013