Few robots are more recognisable than WALL·E; his cute appearance and distinctive personality make him instantly endearing to anyone who sees him! In this project, I designed a WALL·E replica with the aim to allow each of the robot's joints to be moveable by hand or using servo motors.
Loosely based on the dimensions and design of ChaosCoreTech's Wall-E replica (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1681442), this version was designed from scratch in Solidworks and allows 7 of the joints to be actuated, including the arms, neck, head and eyes. The robot design has the following features:
Each eye can be raised and lowered independently with servo motors.
There is room in each eye to add a small camera.
The head can look left and right using a servo motor.
The neck is actuated at two joints, allowing the head to look up/down and to be raised/lowered.
Each arm has a motor at the shoulder to move it up/down.
The arms consist of pressure fit joints, hands and fingers, which can be manually posed.
The tank treads (skid…