[MOC] Self Constructing Mindstorms Space Elevator

[Lego Otaku]

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.

I don't think it would help much there since it's slow climbing up and down and locking down each floor. A crane to pick up next piece might help a bit.

[mkeller234]

That is SO cool! I've never done anything with mindstorms before, so this just blows my mind!

[masterX244]

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.

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 :).

uploading to a file hosting site like dropbox or google drive and then posting link here should work

[Balrog]

uploading to a file hosting site like dropbox or google drive and then posting link here should work

Alternatively, Brickshelf and/or Bricksafe should work as well.

[hknssn]

I have uploaded the LDD file to brickshelf now, if anyone wants to get a closer look of the climbing robot and some tower modules.

There is 4x 32166 pieces missing since it doesn't exist in LDD. They should be where the blue bush pieces are placed at the moment.

http://www.brickshel...aceelevator.lxf

[Jim]

I have uploaded the LDD file to brickshelf now, if anyone wants to get a closer look of the climbing robot and some tower modules.

There is 4x 32166 pieces missing since it doesn't exist in LDD. They should be where the blue bush pieces are placed at the moment.

http://www.brickshel...aceelevator.lxf

I might have a crack at this project later this year. Thanks!

Can you share the program as well?

[hknssn]

Here is the program for machine. In each program there is a list of how to connect the in/ouputs in the main program window.

Not sure how easy it is to understand the rest of the program :), there is basically no comments at all telling what the code is doing.

Good luck!

http://www.brickshel...mber_140710.ev3

http://www.brickshel...eyor_140710.ev3

[Jim]

Thanks

I am used to working with undocumented code, so no worries

[bjorkan]

Funny and interesting :)

[XAxles]

If only we can actually do this with real concrete and steel.

[m0dulo]

This is very cool! I told myself to stay away from Mindstorms because my little lego problem would get exponentially worse. This isn't helping. LOL

[Rockbrick]

If only we can actually do this with real concrete and steel.

Pretty sure its been done but usually they build one floor, jack it up, build under that one, jack it up and so on - always adding a floor below at ground level and jackng the structure upwards

so that there is no time lost travelling and transporting floor to the top

[m0dulo]

Pretty sure its been done but usually they build one floor, jack it up, build under that one, jack it up and so on - always adding a floor below at ground level and jackng the structure upwards

so that there is no time lost travelling and transporting floor to the top

The mass always increases, making it more challenging to add another layer each time. Another approach would be to have the assembler always climbing up one level like this concept does but not return to the ground to get more. It could be fed by some kind of conveyer which brings segments to it, always queued and at the ready for the assembler. But that would increase the complexity significantly and introduce new problems.

Edit: Went to the LEGO Store tonight. Been thinking about hknssn's project all day. Managed... to... stay... strong.

Edited August 2, 2014 by m0dulo

[Dimmeke]

WOW what a great idea and a wonderful presentation. I have done some math and i came to the conclusion that you need 1.956.000 segments to reach the 100 kilometer boundary of space.

18 segments : 92 CM total hight = 5,11

100 CM : 5,11 = 19,57 (19,5694716)

100 KM = 100.000 M

19,57 X 100.000 = 1.956.000 segments to reach the 100 KM boundary of space.

If there are some people ho are getting to a different number, please correct my hahaha

Edited December 10, 2015 by Dimmeke

[kolbjha]

I get a different result:

Each segment has a height of 5 studs, that is 40 mm = 0.04 m.

100,000 m / 0.04 m = 2,500,000 modules

Or am I misunderstanding something here?

[Dimmeke]

I get a different result:

Each segment has a height of 5 studs, that is 40 mm = 0.04 m.

100,000 m / 0.04 m = 2,500,000 modules

Or am I misunderstanding something here?

Thanks for your calculation! And i think you are right i didn't think about the studs, i just made the calculation out of his story. Never the less, you have to get a lot of modules haha

[Hermann]

Hi,

Is there a building instruction for the Conveyor,

Thanks in advance

Hermann

[Holodoc]

2 hours ago, Hermann said:

Hi,

Is there a building instruction for the Conveyor,

Thanks in advance

Hermann

You just revived a 5 year old topic...
The 'label' of the topic is [MOC], which means it's a 'my own creation'. Usually these builds don't have instructions, but you can try to contact the builder himself.

[Hermann]

How can I send a message to the owner. I'am new in this forum.