I finished repairing all broken wires on my Robosapien V2. First I considered completely replacing the two cable assemblies (ie, the wires with the plastic mating connectors) that snaked through each leg. However my email query to Wowwee tech support revealed that: (1) they don’t have replacement cables, and (2) they don’t know of other companies that sell them. In other words, if your robot breaks down you are on your own.

Fortunately I have the right tools to fix the problem. It took several hours of diligent soldering work which involved cutting each old wire, leaving just enough copper strand (approx 1/2 inch) jutting out of the plastic connector to allow splicing a new wire in. After soldering the spliced joint, I used heat shrink tubing to cover it. Ditto for all the other broken wires.

Here’s a short video of my Robosapien V2 making his moves again. Now, he’s ready for more serious hacking.

Posted on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 and filed under Blog