Toronto Area R2 Builders Nov 2002
A busy week for the R2 Builders in the Toronto Area. As a promotion for the Hobby Show Lorenzo and Alex has agreed to go on a few TV shows with Lorenzo's B-9 Robot and Alex's R2 unit. For Breakfast TV Lorenzo and Alex have to be at the TV station by 5:30am to get ready for 6am. In the end we did not go on until 7:15am. All did not go according to plan as Lorenzo accidentally blew his transformers and this meant his lights would not work on his unit. On my R2 I had problems with the Switch 16 so I also could not get the light to work on my R2.
Lorenzo's B-9 gets ready for his debut on Breakfast TV Nov 4 2002
Alex's R2 waits for his cue
R2 tried to hog the limelight
B-9 talks up one of the lovely hosts of the TV show
Lorenzo (middle) and his B-9 on YTV Nov 5 2002
The Hobby Show with Lorenzo's B-9 and Alex's R2 on display. Every so often I would fire him up to wow the crowds.
Close up of the two misfits
Late Friday evening Gary brings in his partially completed unit. A surprise for us there is that Gary has his 2-3-2 working. He started with C&M's design but had to modify it until he finally got it working. This was his fourth generation system
Drawer slides for the middle leg. Power window motors for the side legs. Limit switches everywhere and a Switch 8 to remote control the 2-3-2
Chain driven middle leg
Close but fuzzy picture of the side feet tilt system.
Another picture
Gary (left) and Heath (second from left) talk about the 2-3-2 system while the crowd is impressed with seeing a naked R2 do his 2-3-2.
The gang. Left to right, Alex, Lorenzo, Gary Heath.
Same as above. Notice the rig between Alex and Gary. This is the test bed for the feet design by Heath and Alex. Tests done that weekend were very positive.
The gang with the R2 Banner.
One more show of Gary's 2-3-2 system
A better shot of the side view and the tilt rod
MPG of Gary's 232 in action We made jokes of putting cigarettes on the floor and having R2 put them out