Striker: human-sized drumming mech
Valeriy N
TBD
Striker is a human-scale teleoperated mech built with metal casting, CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal parts, tube frame chassis, and pre-made components.
This open-source educational project features custom electronics and Robot Operating System integration, demonstrating how to design and build a large robot that combines mobility, sensing, and manipulation.
The robot moves on a mecanum base, articulates its head and arms, and visualizes live lidar and RGB-D perception in Robot Visualization tool (RViz).
The arms terminate in percussive end-effectors, designed for future live drum performance.
The mobile platform includes odometry sensors, a 9-axis accelerometer, and is setup for the future ability to teleoperate the robot with a PlayStation 3 controller.