I let people control this robot

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I built a giant Tentacle Robot and took it to EMF Camp, and then let everyone have a go on it. This tentacle robot uses giant oblique angled swivelling servo sections made from plywood and 3D printing to move it's body. On top is another tentacle operated by cables with the manipulator on the end. The whole things is wireless (for now) and controlled with ESP Now.
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@jamesbruton 12 күн бұрын

@aussiegarbo752 11 күн бұрын

I love the video's and I'm glad to be here 2 minutes after upload!

@romanbengaldrole4061 11 күн бұрын

I’ve recently created a KZfaq channel (Innovasciences) and was wondering if you knew companies who could sponsor my next video (an AI security system), as I need 40€ worth of parts. I’ve already sent about 15 emails and only two companies have replied (and won’t sponsor me).

@danielpalecek4090 11 күн бұрын

really? promoting flat earth? as someone smart enough to build a robotic tentacle and other projects?

@vaisakhkm783 11 күн бұрын

Now coilnfiuze is gonna make that don't he??

@Nobe_Oddy 7 күн бұрын

You have gotten REALLY GOOD with your welding skills!!! I remember when you first started welding the aluminum and you were worried about how ugly they would be, but you do make some clean welds my man!!! (but it's been all aluminum.... I don't know how different welding steel really is, but I've heard man times that welding aluminum is a lot hard than steel... so that is AWESOME!)

@motor_misc 11 күн бұрын

I love the way James builds a giant 2.5m tall robot only to put a tiny gripper on the end of it! 😆

@Avetho 11 күн бұрын

The tentacle arm skipped hand day XD

@godlugner5327 10 күн бұрын

🎶 most 🎶 un 🎶 der 🎶 whelm 🎶 ing 🎶 grip 🎶 per 🎶 of 🎶 the 🎶 weeeeeeek 🎶

@zubrkabbi 11 күн бұрын

I don't understand how you build bigger and bigger robots in the same time frame between videos, but this is pure awesomeness!

@jamesbruton 11 күн бұрын

well it has been a few weeks

@meJaso 10 күн бұрын

Editing

@DadofScience 11 күн бұрын

No, James, one was a lot of work. Three is a massive effort. Three and all the rest is a mammoth project for a solo maker. Brilliant stuff and much hard work.

@arashsalimi555 11 күн бұрын

My favorite part is where he said "it's chassis time!" And chassised all over the place.

@eTiMaGo 11 күн бұрын

was he wearing a chassis-ty belt? :D

@jasonnovak6630 11 күн бұрын

*proceeds to chassis* insparational

@makeyspace 11 күн бұрын

haha, I ruined the 69 likes

@keldantv2540 11 күн бұрын

@@makeyspace no you didnt

@theodore-lion 10 күн бұрын

Yes or when he sang "most underwhelming gripper of the week" really took me off guard haha

@vell0cet517 11 күн бұрын

The real question is how anyone could possibly go camping WITHOUT a giant tentacle?

@BeefIngot 11 күн бұрын

Obviously only posers

@kyleeames8229 11 күн бұрын

That not a tentacle, it’s a genticle. I just had to make the futurama reference. Okay I’ll see myself out.

@aussiegarbo752 11 күн бұрын

"Okay I'll see myself out" HAHAHA.

@vinnyvince23 11 күн бұрын

🦀🦀🦀🦀Hooray, people are paying attention to me! 🦀🦀🦀🦀

@skyinou 11 күн бұрын

On a robotics point of view, it's great, but.... should have put the disco ball at the tip of the tentacle!

@TheEPROM9 11 күн бұрын

I built a Skutter from Red Dwarf with my partner & took it to CFZ 2024, it has appeared in a few people KZfaq videos now. The parts that were expected to cause problems did but I was already prepared for that one. We used ESP NOW & it was flawless, funny thing was we were not the only ones to bring a robot, just bought the most complex robot.

@ADurXD 6 күн бұрын

There is only one phrase to describe James' channel. "Pure, unfiltered, uncensored child-like joy at creating things."

@Mr.Donahue 11 күн бұрын

It's official James is practicing to become a super villain.

@teresashinkansen9402 2 күн бұрын

I heard he is making a super weapon, something along the lines of manipulating gravity and creating a singularity. Rumors say that he is wanting to achieve it by placing together all the 3D prints he has.

@MonsieurFlange 11 күн бұрын

Take a shot every time James says "bearings"

@jamescollier3 11 күн бұрын

😮😅

@vaisakhkm783 11 күн бұрын

15 times?

@RobinHouston 9 күн бұрын

It's more fun if you pretend he's saying “bear rings”

@gusobrien8491 8 күн бұрын

or “1.2mm nozzle”

@nomfg 11 күн бұрын

I always wonder how much filament and printing hours go into each project. Would be so interesting to see!

@MarinusMakesStuff 11 күн бұрын

Lovely content James. And a nice documentation of EMFcamp. It's always so nice to see enthusiasts grouping together to do wonderful stuff.

@Ethan-de5kt 11 күн бұрын

EMF camp looks sick. I love your shiny sweater too

@ThisFinalHandle 11 күн бұрын

Great build. Use a stepper drill bit on an impact driver for recessed holes in extruded rail and box steel. It'll change your life.

@anonymous.youtuber 11 күн бұрын

The FTV footage makes it so extra worthwhile! Gotta ❤this creature !

@ngarewyrd 11 күн бұрын

The only question I have on a project like this, "Just how many skateboard bearings did you use?"

@MumrikDK 11 күн бұрын

If it takes a sponsor for such a small part, you know it's a ton.

@eTiMaGo 11 күн бұрын

... yes

@rikvermeer1325 10 күн бұрын

Wow, best build yet!!! Loving it and what a great place to demo the machine

@simonabunker 11 күн бұрын

You are going to need to move into a warehouse if these creations get bigger! Looks like a fun camp.

@mohammedbakkar938 8 күн бұрын

I have been watching you for years, I really hope one day you could consider teaching others or upload some courses online

@barrettdent405 7 күн бұрын

The shoes are perfect. Maybe you could make a robot follow you in the dark by looking for those.

@donaldburkhard7932 11 күн бұрын

So much electronics! Wish I knew at least 5% of his knowledge.

@Sven_Dongle 11 күн бұрын

The way I handle safety is to have a constant dead man interrupt that consists of one or more encoders, or hall effect switches, on the moving parts that when activated signal an interrupt to the PWM timers that control the driven parts. The timers re-activate when a control signal comes over the link. So at every rotation or half or quarter rotation the timers shut down, the drives disable, and only enable on an active control signal. In this way there has to be active, constant input from the controller to activate the PWM timers that activate the drives, thus providing foolproof safety. If properly coded you never notice any sort of lag or indication that an active disable of the PWM signals is occurring.

@SarahB381 11 күн бұрын

What I've experienced in a form of Industrial motion control is that there's also a heartbeat signal on the command link. If you miss more than eg two consecutive heartbeat signals, drop out the motion enable relay as part of the e-stop circuit.

@Sven_Dongle 11 күн бұрын

@@SarahB381 Then you are taking up bandwidth on the command link. There is also latency in processing those signals. On top of that if that portion of the system fails, you may still have free running timer oscillators sending control signals to the motor drivers. The key is to never have motor driver signals enabled in any state that leaves free running timers, and to disable them at the lowest latency and lowest processing level possible.

@NyeMechworks 11 күн бұрын

With my mech I have a dead-man interrupt built into the code: on every cycle if no input signals are detected (strings such as "Leftbicep up" or "walk forward") power is cut to the motors since all the motor controllers are wired into 2 main ones (arms & legs) that are digitally controlled.

@SarahB381 11 күн бұрын

@@Sven_Dongle I didn't say it was the only layer. It's another on top. If you're doing safety related motion control with an RC mindset, people are going to get hurt. RC radios arent a robust protocol, so if the TX disappears you need to be sure you disable the drives & go into fault. It's no use saying "but I turned the radio off, it should've been safe" if EMI causes a half rotation & you loose a finger.

@LanceCSTCuddy 11 күн бұрын

Very abstract and cool. Form over function can be legitimately inspiring.

@pblm6772 11 күн бұрын

you should try building a ridable walking robot next, the 1.2 mm prints seem strong enough

@Rebar77_real 11 күн бұрын

See that one that just did a 5K? Imagine a saddle on that!

@NyeMechworks 11 күн бұрын

Those are much harder than you'd think: folks tend to underestimate the leverage involved in the legs. I've experienced it firsthand :D

@MattDunlapCO 10 күн бұрын

He made an omnidirectional riding robot last time he went to this camp.

@rickybloss8537 11 күн бұрын

The speed at which you upload is actually impressive.

@gizelle-s 11 күн бұрын

I sometimes go back to your old videos, just to hear that awesome music you never play anymore..

@wurstelei1356 8 күн бұрын

Me too, you know where it came from because I cant find its source...

@Variety_Pack 10 күн бұрын

3:54 oh man, i love chassis time!

@tenchuu007 11 күн бұрын

It's a GLADoS. Mount it to the ceiling! Cake!

@woodennecktie 11 күн бұрын

you build and get it working (sort of) so quick . it must give a lot of joy . being a bit of a perfectionist and suffering from low budgets syndrome , I think watching you is making up for a lot of mis out's . my projects mostly happen on the tabletop in a very famous abs pre fab components . kudos !

@aussiegarbo752 11 күн бұрын

Love it dude so cool! Great flashback to Mark's video.

@gekfurian 7 күн бұрын

Glad to see you used the strongest shape to build your robot.

@homedad3324 11 күн бұрын

You are an inspiration to me. You bring to life things that have been in my mind for years but never had the ambition to build. The build quality and time you take to make your projects is amazing. True brilliance.

@checkedoutchris Күн бұрын

OK. I think I'm seeing a pattern here. When you say "Chassis time!" that's when we cue the heist-team assembly montage music. Well done! 😁

@jamescollier3 11 күн бұрын

Such a tremendous amount of work and knowledge!!!!!!!

@thedeloachsdoyoutube8377 11 күн бұрын

Can we see a shop/house/Old Projects tour? And do you reuse components from old projects or do you buy new every time? Awesome stuff dude. Make On

@davidanalyst671 10 күн бұрын

This was a great James vid. It had an extensive build, it had the british flair for useless things, and then he took it to a nerd camp. Awesome. This is such a strong bot.... something tells me james should treat this like Caterpillar does an excavator, and put different kinds of tools on it. If you buy a caterpillar excavator, you can put a bucket, a skinny bucket, a jackhammer, a bucket that swivels around for the best angle, but it has hydraulics at the end of the boom, so you can do anything with it. What can James come up with to put on the end of his new tentacle? I think he could put more LED's on it and turn it into a rave bot. James could put an attachment on it, and teach it to sweep his room. I don't know, but the opportunities are endless

@leighguptill9244 10 күн бұрын

All I gotta say is that I'm glad you use your powers for good, and not evil.

@lastniteintown 11 күн бұрын

looks to me like the worlds most elaborate spliff passing machine

@daveyboon9433 11 күн бұрын

Love it! Thank you for this.

@meapjuice 7 күн бұрын

What a beaut. This robot (with some rgb leds) would fit so well into the VIVID Sydney light festival...

@rolar321 10 күн бұрын

You should definitely do a "Behind the scenes" type of video episode where you show which projects you kept and which ones you dismantled for parts for newer projects. Even if you have a workshop, or if you do this at home. May be interesting for us who subscribe to your channel. Even if you have any exchange with other KZfaqrs in the UK or other countries

@Francois_Dupont 11 күн бұрын

i so love it seeing all the symetrical wire loom that are wrapped and all neat in his remote control.

@metalworker3 11 күн бұрын

Love the idea of these camps where curious and supportive people come together to learn, share, and dance wildly!

@magicalpencil 11 күн бұрын

ELRS is definitely the way to go for an RC link, it's as solid as your amazing builds! 😊

@eekee6034 10 күн бұрын

"...an umbilical, which is just a posh word for a bit of wire." I like this guy already. ;)

@grantcatdone3417 11 күн бұрын

24:40 bros got the silver victor soto fit.

@SmoMo_ 10 күн бұрын

This is very good robot , well done!!

@sips3812 11 күн бұрын

I absolutely loved this video. people in joy with a cool tentacle

@krellon 11 күн бұрын

Once I saw the shoes I couldnt unsee them :P - Great job on the tentacle too :D

@Octojen 11 күн бұрын

It was great seeing you at emf again! Cool robot tentacle thing!

@Nobe_Oddy 7 күн бұрын

I would LOVE to be able to go to EMF Camp!!! It looks like LOADS of fun!!! But even more I would LOVE to be able to go to Maker Fest this week :'( But I am unable to :( there are SOOOO MANY of my FAVORITE youtubers there, and SO MANY COOL PROJECTS I would LOVE to see in person!!! And honestly I would LOVE to meet you ion person James, Just so I can shake your hand and Thank You for Keeping Nerding Cool!!! If I had a 3D Printer (and a TON of filament... and apparently TONS and TONS of BEARINGS lol) I would be trying to make cool gadgets and robots, and it's all because I discovered your channel and you have shown me what's possible and just how easy it is to get to making!!! And of course there are a TON of other makers there that I would love to meet to... like SOOOOOOO MANY!!!! Oh you're so lucky you're there!! It looks like a real blast! HAVE FUN and BE SAFE!!!

@spustatu 11 күн бұрын

I can't believe it took me so long to find your channel. You're so dang smart and seemingly very educated. And you bring that special English tone to your videos that I think is just plain delightful. This was extremely interesting. Thank you for doing what you do.

@scooterboom4157 11 күн бұрын

man the work and trubole james goes though all for our enterteainment

@focusmore2715 11 күн бұрын

sounds more like colin furze project got meeeeee 🤣🤣 23:15

@DendrummerMC 6 күн бұрын

Oohh, nice seeing the lego video getting a larger scale adaptation. On a side note, I remember making a rig in Blender3D using inverse kinematics to determine the rotation. Also remember running into an issue where it would snap middle segments 180° between 2 frames. The target flat would have barely moved though, so in the sense of calculating the target positions it worked quite well. It just ignored physics. EDIT: fix typo

@oculicious 11 күн бұрын

I don't understand how you are this productive 😅

@jonkf7548 10 күн бұрын

Would be a cool platform for some sort of programmable mobile artillery. You send a firing instruction containing some coordinates to the tentacle, it automatically drives out into the open, unfurls, moves into range, calculates trajectory and arm angle and launches some sort of projectile.

@Rebar77_real 11 күн бұрын

Gotta love when brilliant people have fun. I hope you can do this forever Mr. Burton! (tentacle-style end effectors are available off the shelf these days eh. maybe a giant clone using bladders made from pool toys. could even attach sucker feet at that scale, heh heh. rainy day idea, cheers)

@thermidorthelobster4645 11 күн бұрын

You’ve really excelled yourself with this one.

@OwenEvansMusic 11 күн бұрын

23:39 omg Harry Hill's TV Burp reference 😂 I feel like this is a very niche british pop culture reference only a handful of people will get so it makes me very happy 😆

@scottgallagher5 11 күн бұрын

one day, one of your projects will become a revolutionary new way to move people & things while forever being cemented in history. Keep up the research!

@bats-are-just-Puppy-with-wings 10 күн бұрын

Got to love the random 'Harry hill tv burp' reference 😂😂😂

@Cockerham 11 күн бұрын

Incredible!

@elijahbrickey151 11 күн бұрын

I can’t believe it only took you a month to make this, literally insane

@anon_y_mousse 11 күн бұрын

Neat. I especially loved that you welded a frame for it. I'd love it if you incorporated welded frames into more of your robots for some extra sturdiness.

@NigelMelanisticSmith 11 күн бұрын

The shoes fit the project surprisingly well lol

@HardTechPodcast 11 күн бұрын

Awesome robot!

@Rebius 10 күн бұрын

Electronics and Drum n Bass, sounds exactly like my kind of event :D

@newmonengineering 11 күн бұрын

I wish I had the time and money to build something like this. Its amazing how quick you produce these massive projects. You could cover each section with a tarp or something like that to make it have some skin. Very cool project.

@TheOriginalCoolDad 11 күн бұрын

Brilliant project! I was laughing because as soon as you were talking about the idea of putting a chair on it, I immediately thought of Colin Furze and then you said it. LOL!

@haileymccurry3756 11 күн бұрын

i see you're bringing the funk out for chassis time

@manekou3303 10 күн бұрын

Your robot looks like a doctor who prop. Just needs something to cover it so it looks like there could be an alien or something inside.

@parmsib 10 күн бұрын

I will never understand how you manage to have such incredible output. This is SO MUCH EFFORT, and SO COOL

@spikeydapikey1483 11 күн бұрын

Bravo!

@chrisgenovese8188 11 күн бұрын

awesome!

@DorifutoRabbit 11 күн бұрын

Respect for the flickering light warning, and great project!

@akselwilliamdanenbarger7969 9 күн бұрын

I think you need more batteies, or putt independent batteries in each stage, for only the systems in that stage.

@MarkEichin 10 күн бұрын

Having one of these constructions work In The Field (literally) for days and days, instead of just enough for a couple of videos, is *amazing*. I'm curious what the inverse-kinematics equations look like for the full build, especially given that it's still hard for *humans* to control...

@Madpegasusmax 11 күн бұрын

Very nice :D

@finlaybichan1275 11 күн бұрын

I did not read "tentacle" when i glanced across the video title....and i'll be honest "giant Testicle robot" would have been funnier! 🤣

@keenheat3335 11 күн бұрын

pretty amazing you were able to field repair the robot with 3d printer

@richards7909 11 күн бұрын

Watching and thinking what it needs is a chair on the end and there’s only one man to ride it: Colin Furze. Seems James beat me to that thought! Brilliant project and loved the night footage :)

@TomChaton 11 күн бұрын

I think it would look good with a lawnmower man inspired robot face on the end

@diggidan 11 күн бұрын

I would love to see a video of you modeling theese kind of things. So. Many. Components. And I feel overwhelmed when I try to design a 4 part thing xD So I would love to see your approach for modeling. Thanks for great content!

@TiagoTiagoT 10 күн бұрын

Instead of a bunch of sticks, dials, switches etc, it would've made more sense to have a more waldo-style controller, like the one you demonstrated with Mark in the beginning; but doing some trig translation so you can use a simpler 6dof rig controller instead of having to replicate the full mechanism of the robot for the waldo. That's for the tentacle itself; something like a Spacemouse kinda thing would make sense to control the wheels though. Like maybe like a backpack kinda thing, with the tracking rig for the right arm with a squeeze thing at the end for the gripper, and a classic jetpack style arm-rest with the spacemouse for the left arm.

@Samtagri 5 күн бұрын

1:56 less than 2 minutes in and the scale makes you look like a mad scientist building a robot to take over the world.

@aserta 11 күн бұрын

Go with 2 mm nozzle and 2.85mm filament (or 3) and get a slicer that allows you differential printing (that is to say, allows you to print certain areas in one regime and other areas in another) so you can print the filling and non vital surfaces in speed and the vital ones slowly and with more definition. Also, the smush, set it with a credit card for maximum layer adhesion. That should give you a very strong part.

@sirplantain 11 күн бұрын

James, your robot nearly took my head off.

@OZtwo 11 күн бұрын

Love the music! damn i miss Disco! You had me up dancing! :)

@clonkex 5 күн бұрын

I chose to take a drink of water right as the video ended. My screen came very close to getting an impromptu shower.

@mvadu 11 күн бұрын

1:26 1.2mm nozzle!! That's some impressive hot end and extruder on that printer!

@dalehill6127 11 күн бұрын

Presumably you've all seen the three-tentacled MARM bot from Italy? I think it's supposed to go to the ISS for testing as its outdoor repairer. There's at least one video on here about it. It looks very effective. Each leg/arm can function as either. Cool stuff. :-)

@jayzo 11 күн бұрын

23:40 I miss TV Burp so much.

@jamesbruton 11 күн бұрын

Yeah!

@vitorpaixaofernandes1328 11 күн бұрын

You are insane. Love your content

@aquacruisedb 11 күн бұрын

02:51 "Dirty great holes cut" - Yes, those are very dirty cuts!

@marcusrobbins854 11 күн бұрын

I've been working on a mini version of this as a tentacle for halloween. But I've got side-tracked by a new design for an infinitely variable transmission. One day I will finish something.