Categories: General Robotics RS Media
hello there
i have recently got a rs media robot and his left hand dosent seem to work, it did when i first got him, i havent fiddled with any thing in the programing side of things and only tried to load a personality once.
his finger twitches a tiny bit but it wont close, is it worth opening him up and having a look
any help would be great
thanks
Roger
hi
i would say DON'T open him up , unless you work in,or know a lot about electronics,
if poss can can you take your back to the store you got it from, i took the back off my RS to see
if the problem i was having was just a loose wire (anyway pulled out a ribbon cable by accident )
took me the bsst part of hour to put it back, because i did not have just the rigth tool for the job.
sorry if this is no help
i still believe
Moderator
Madison WI, United Stateshi Roger, if you're still under warranty, I'd second TheTinMam's advice, in the hope that the defective units find their way back to WowWee's attention so they'll actually fix the manufacturing or whatever is resulting in the disfunction.
But, if you're the type to open things up to see how they work, taking off the front torso shell should be informative, because the mechanisms for closing the hands are right behind the LCD screen. There are 8 screws holding the front on, and do be careful of the ribbon cable going to the LCD screen- try not to yank it out.
<ps here's the page describing how to open the chest>
There are some pictures on Nocturnal's website, but please, if you open him, take some pix of yours and post here (especially if something is obviously not right).
Good luck!
-Scott
Rovio rules!
Wisconsin Iron :: Cellular Atomics
well after a lot of thought i opened him up and found the problem quite quickly
the cable housing for the grip mechanism had came loose and needed a little persuading back into place, all seems fine now
thanks for your help
Roger
ps scott i have some pics if you want them
Member
Melbourne, Australia
Moderator
Madison WI, United Statesyes Roger, can you try posting them into this thread? If that fails, I'll PM my email address to you; if you send them to me, I can edit them into your thread post here.
Congrats! -Scott (was it in the chest area?)
Rovio rules!
Wisconsin Iron :: Cellular Atomics
yes it was in the chest area im not sure if this is going to work
if theres some pics here it did
<*moderator deleted link to image uploader window *>
January 17, 2008 3:01 PM
287. im alive
293 the good side
288 what i saw when i first opened him up (gulp)
298 the plastic bit is fixed to the cable housing
296 if you can see it has been pulled through the plastic collar
295 the pics are in the wrong order this one is the first one with the black plastic bar to hold the coller underneath
aint the best info ever but im impressed that i got him to work and got the pics up too, i can do the hardware just not the software ;)
thanks again
Roger
Moderator
Madison WI, United Stateshi Roger- the images aren't in your posts here yet- you put them into the uploader screen, but once there, you need to click on the little thumbnail so it's URL gets into the first image linking box. I can try editing your post (as moderator) to see if I can fix it...
Rovio rules!
Wisconsin Iron :: Cellular Atomics
Moderator
Madison WI, United StatesDone! Nice shots Roger! I notice in yours, as in mine, there are no springs over the shoulders like in the V2s. I marked your post as 'Answer!' too, so hopefully if others have this trouble, they'll find your solution.
cheers- Scott
Rovio rules!
Wisconsin Iron :: Cellular Atomics
Member
Melbourne, AustraliaHow odd. Looks like someone forgot to put a screw in. Did you find one floating around inside, or did you borrow another screw from somewhere else?
Nocturnal, I think the pictures are out of order, looks like the cable sleeve pulled through the plastic collar. Pic 295 is the first (closeup), with the screw in place
the screw was there. the spring is connected to the screw by a few threads of unwound spring? (if that makes sense) the threads broke and the spring slipped through, i had to un ravell a couple of mm of spring and then re wrap it round the screw, (not easy with large hands)
sorry bout getting the pics out of order but once they were upit was too late
took about an hour to do the job, so now its back to learning how to program the beast, im gonna paint him some time over the weekend
thanks everybody for your help im sure it wont be the first and last time either
Roger
Member
Melbourne, Australia
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