hknssn Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 Great idea ! if it takes 7432 years to reach space, how many parts would you need for it ? To reach space (100km above sea level according to wikipedia) it would require 250000 modules, each module consists of 130 pieces so a total of 32,5 million pieces. Quote
Zimix Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 To reach space (100km above sea level according to wikipedia) it would require 250000 modules, each module consists of 130 pieces so a total of 32,5 million pieces. Ok so out of curiosity, after 7432 years, how long would a ride up or down, with the elevator take ? Quote
hknssn Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 Ok so out of curiosity, after 7432 years, how long would a ride up or down, with the elevator take ? 21,7 days to go all the way up to the top. Quote
kieran Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 I cant quite tell, but I guess the push pins get pushed in by the robot as its building? Quote
hknssn Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 I cant quite tell, but I guess the push pins get pushed in by the robot as its building? As you can see in the picture below there is 2 linear aktuators on each side pushing the pins. Quote
kieran Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 That's so cool, that combination of parts to get this working and keeping it all looking so slick is amazing. would love one of these sat of my desk. You could watch it for hours. Quote
codefox421 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 That's amazing! Self-constructing machines are really cool, and there's quite a lot of research going into such devices. Haha, the easter-egg at the end of your video is well played! XD Quote
randomwalk Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 This is really cool! Now you just need to build a module that assembles the tower blocks automatically Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Really cool build, now just make it possible to disassemble the tower autonomously and have a hopper feed system for the modules. Quote
Jim Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I have frontpaged this great MOC! (better late than never) Quote
msx80 Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 incredible machine, well done! how reliable is the mechanism that push the pins? knowing how hard it is sometimes to align and push them even manually, your work is amazing :) Quote
Foton Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I love this, clean design , nice idea. Can be third block caried at back side? This can increase building speed. Ideas of Rockbrick are really interesting. "Send me your 'floor' " should attract people. Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I like building towers,you have been added to the Hall Of fame and are the first Mindstorms entry. Quote
Erik Leppen Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 This thing is wonderful. Must have been a huge job to get everything right. I'm pretty curious how everything works inside. What's hdiden under the floor, for example? :) Can it disassemble the tower afterwards? If not, that would be a nice challenge for a second version ;) Quote
Holodoc Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 What a cool idea! It really deserved the frontpage. (otherweise I would not have noticed ) Clever, simple, well executed. Ingenious! incredible machine, well done! how reliable is the mechanism that push the pins? knowing how hard it is sometimes to align and push them even manually, your work is amazing :) My thoughts exactly! Thanks for logging in and showing your MOC! Quote
Dutchiedoughnut Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Did you think about a top module with tethers so that you can use cables to steady the tower? Quote
Sir Brickalot Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Wow. It jut amazes me how lever people can be using motors and Mindstorms, you should be very proud of yourself. :thumbup: Quote
kolbjha Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I love this creation! Clean and excellent build! Totally crazy idea... and very inspiring! This kind of stuff is one of the reasons I got out of my dark ages. Keep up the good work! Quote
hknssn Posted July 28, 2014 Author Posted July 28, 2014 incredible machine, well done! how reliable is the mechanism that push the pins? knowing how hard it is sometimes to align and push them even manually, your work is amazing :) Thanks! The mechanism that push the pins does not work every time, in the video you can see at some point that the climbing robot makes a small "jump" that is when i had to manually press in a pin. Then i did som cheating and cut that bit out :P. I have been thinking about puting some sensors that checks if the pins has been pushed in correctly so that the machine can make a second attempt if it failed. This thing is wonderful. Must have been a huge job to get everything right. I'm pretty curious how everything works inside. What's hdiden under the floor, for example? :) Can it disassemble the tower afterwards? If not, that would be a nice challenge for a second version ;) Thanks! I have a LDD file of the climbing robot and the tower sections but i dont know how to upload it here. :( Under the floor the tower and the two conveyor units is connected with techninc pieces to make the whole machine more stable. The cables from the conveyors to the EV3 unit are also hidden inside the pillers and under the floor. It cant disassemble the tower and i doubt that i will try to add more functions to the machine, but i might try to improve the existing functions to make it more reliable. Adding more function would be too much work, i get enough headaches from my other projects already :). Quote
Jody Meyer Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 that is some great engineering, and programming skills, nicely done Quote
Zacherano Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 That is truly extraordinary! I love the design, your creativity, the video production, and everything else about it! How long have you been building with Technic and Mindstorms? I can't imagine myself creating a MOC with that degree of engineering ingenuity. Quote
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