GIANT ROBOTIC HAND (Patreon)

Hi everyone!!

I guess once you have a few giant 3D printers building a giant rideable robot is just one step away, right?

I've been tempted many times before to build a giant robot that I can ride and this could be the first step. A giant robotic hand that I could put on the robot to do robot stuff. 

If you think it would be a good idea to start such a ginormous project please let me know down below because it is starting to feel more and more interesting everyday.

This hand is just a base to be improved on. For starters I should swap the belts for kevlar cord or something similar as I don't really need the timing properties of the GT2 belt and it would be more compact, more rigid, cheaper and more reliable. 

Another point in my plan is to make al the servos continuous rotation and move the servo potentiometer to the joint. That way it will still behave like a regular servo but I can now trade speed for torque by changing the ratio of the servo pulley to the joint pulley. Right now the joint does 90º for every 180º of the servo and I'd like to go to about 90º per every 720º. It will be slower but way more powerful. 

I'm also designing a "glove" that I can wear that will use the servo potentiometers to give "Force Feedback" to the glove so I can feel pushback when the robotic hand is feeling resistance to the movement on every joint. By how hard has been to design the glove I can already tell how ambitious this plan is but I'd love to at least try.

As homework I'd like you all to think about whether I should use the old and reliable tank treads as feet for the robot or if I should go all in and try to make it walk. 

As always I love to read your comments so keep'em coming!! 

Thanks!!!