Project: Rover

[Frenkie]

For those of you who dont know what this mod is about; Planet 51 is a galactic sized alien adventure comedy from the writer of "Shrek" and "Shrek 2", which revolves around American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker who lands on Planet 51, thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum.

Youtube trailer

I turned my webcam into a little Nasa Robot mod.

Ofcourse I first did my homework and checked out the movie and all the pictures I could find on the internet. Then I started with a strip of my favorite material; Vikurene! ( polystyrene )

Because the mod is build around the webcam, I had little trouble estimating the measuerments.

Cut out the hole for the webcam and cutted the front.

Glued it together with moddeling adhesive.

The rough edges come out here.

[billygoat333]

ooo ooo! another frenkie mod! yay!

[Kumo]

Since P51 it's a spanish production (Most expensive in our history) I'm a little bit proud, I think.

Nice project.

[Frenkie]

Since P51 it's a spanish production (Most expensive in our history) I'm a little bit proud, I think.

Nice project.

And well deserverd, I really love the movie. Its going to be a big hit !

[Loki]

Wow. nice work Frenkie, what is the mod goiing to be? a motorized webcam? or are you buying a pico-itx motherboart? XD

[Frenkie]

No just a casing around a webcam. When I asked around in my direct surroundings about those sphere webcam, I got a lot of responses, almost everyone wanted to donate me one of those ancient pieces. In thoses days, these spheres were about the highest possible availble and affordable. I can get about 7 now without breaking a sweat. Then my friend Pepijn from Space Promotion came by to bring back my R2D2 and Wall-E mod, they used on their stand at the HME in Utrecht. He offered me a brandnew Logitech Quickcam Sphere AF . These are supposed to be the highest quality image using Carl Zeiss lenses and with the tracking motor inside it is the perfect cam for this mod. Thanx Space Promotion!

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[slaveofconvention]

Just a heads-up on the Sphere - I had one from when they were first released and it died last year - I got about 6 YEARS use out of it, and at the end of the 6 years the image quality was still absolutely top-notch. Putting it in this mod might be a little challenge but I'm sure you're up for it. There are 2 height settings as standard - you can either mount the ball directly on the base, which I think will be too close to get the look you're after, or on the extension stick, which will be WAY too high - chances are you'll have to mod the stick if that can be done and make it about an inch long..... It might be worth trying to get a spare extension stick for a trial run, if you can...

The cam's themselves though, I can't recommend highly enough. Easily the best cam I've ever had or used.

[Frenkie]

Sanded down all the edges with a file

There, its not so square anymore.

On the side there is a small led and an antenna.

glued together

en beveled down

Stuck to the side

[Frenkie]

Made a small lid for the front

Spraypainted dull black behind it

And fastened the lid

[Frenkie]

Over to the rear, there is a solar panel on some hinges.
first test form.

Four equal shimms

Tightened with some small bolts and nuts.

Now it can pivot

Now it can pivot