PlenZA - BinarySpace fork of Plen

[Tom Van den Bon]

Hey Guys,

So we (BinarySpace) are big fans of the Plen (http://plen.jp/) robot. Unfortunately the motors used in the original Plen are hard to find and/or expensive. We decided to create our own version of the Plen called the PlenZA. It's essentially the original plen, but modified for different cheaper 9g motors that are very much everywhere, especially in SA.

Andries Smuts, one of our BinarySpace members have modified the original files and we have been printing and testing. 

Here are some pics:

We also have some quick videos of the first movements:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcRKJ_QTPKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB8jKc8ge7w

All the mechanical files can be found here:

https://github.com/BinarySpace-Hackerspace/plenza

We are currently looking at the original electronics, but we are also keen on designing our own. 

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Tom Van den Bon