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The driver fets could drive a 5 volt relay coil or a solid state AC or DC relay to control any load you can think of. Just shot a second video where I control two DC gearmotors instead of the LEDs.

I am not sure of the current value, have not seen one for sale in a long time.

There are programable voice chips that will do that, but they cost more than $1.25.

Yes, I saw that price error as well. Changed it.

Depending on the application I would say, YES.

Worth a try.

Yes, I saw Clives video and comment back then on the commands. So far, I have not found more, but that does not mean they are not there. The instruction sheet is also in Spanish but the commands in the Spanish instructions are in English, so maybe only the commands listed are there. Now I wonder if the chip could be reprogramed.

@@Robothut It's so difficult to filter the words, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a huge database needed to achieve the task And that changing a command won't be trivial.

@@mrwoodandmrtin I agree. It is amazing that they got it down to a single chip to decode the words and MIC input as well as the function output drivers.

@@Robothut And all for that super low cost, including shipping to the US...!

@@mrwoodandmrtin Just amazing.

Other than the word train, what is the other typo? I always need all the help I can get.

1909 for 1990…and I notoriously screw up dates myself, so I can relate!

@@legiontheatregroup Thank you. I never would have found that on my own.

Thank you for looking up the price. Yes, at one time there was a thread on Alphadrome on the differences. But as you know, back then the web site would crash about once a year.

Toy shop mag was the place to find vintage and reproduction toys back in the 1990's.

@@Robothut I guess I was out of the loop back then! 😅

Yes, I think because it was only reproduced once and done so well it will keep a high price. Even if China did a reproduction, you know it would not be as well done.

I have always thought it was a robot controlled by the guy inside, so a exoskeleton of some sort. As for his motives, who knows. Our world is full of crazy people, I can just Imagin how many crazy people there are on other planets.

You know he has.

Great line right from the movie.

I have the rotat o matic version in gray plastic. So cool that you have the gray TV robot version.

There is only 1 motor, so does your Robby have any movement of the body or spinner in the dome? If they are not work either then the motor is not running. Now, the first thing to try is 4 new batteries. It only takes 1 bad battery "even new batteries can be bad". With low battery voltage you will still get sound and light but no motor action sometimes. Other than that, a person would have to open up the robot to get to the motor gearbox. The motor just might need some manual rotation with the power ON to start working again. The motor brushes can get gummed up from the lube used. If that does not fix it, then I would check for lose, broken or pinched wires between the motor and the control board.

Thanks for your speedy reply . There is no body or spinner movement .

Update . I replaced the batteries and now I have body and spinner movement and legs try to move but just a tiny bit .

@@rickjones9788 Well since there is only 1 motor gearbox if the legs do not move correctly then there is mechanical damage of some sort, maybe just something binding up a bit. You will have to take it apart too see what the deal is.

@@Robothut Yes I did check and there is damage to the cam action oval plastic plate that moves the legs and body . It has pieces broken off of it . I have no parts so guess it will have to be displayed and used as is . Thanks for the help .

I go threw so many file revisions on these projects that file names could be just about anything .

@@Robothut LOL - I understand completely... Thanks for replying, sets you apart from other CZcamsrs. Just finished the body and all fits together nice.

Thank you for watching and commenting.

Thank you for watching and commenting.

Not a bad idea.

@@Robothut Cool that you liked it. This improved version could keep the remote control (now wireless) and incorporate batteries (AA or AAA) on each leg...

The pipe leading out to the dish is loaded with bearing to support the 1/2 in shaft. The screwdriver motor will actually run on as little 1.5 volts and rotate the dish, but I run it on 3.5 volts as I recall.

@@Robothut Ah.. I'm trying to visualize how you would fit it all into that small brass sphere... I was expecting an inch shaft due to the weight of the dish. Did you happen to remember what electric screwdriver model you used?( I know the Makita ones didn't have a real gearbox but just used the plastic case to hold the two gears.) Even Bob's Barbeque worm seems an impossible fit..

@@mrwoodandmrtinBob's barbeque motor is located down in the main housing base, inside the top globe is just a right-angle gear drive. In mine there is steel pipe going up to a 3-way pipe adapter, one connection goes to the counterweight thing that is located towards the chair. Yes, it is a real metal counterweight. The other connection goes to pipe with the bearing in it for the dish. The dish being made of aluminum is not very heavy. Probably lighter than the fiber glass one used on the real prop. The gear motor fits inside the 3way pipe fitting.

@@Robothut Ah.... thank you. Bob started my curiosity about it all with his worm drive description. Having used a lot of Windshield wiper motors as a kid, I just knew the worm had to be offset to work. and that the time machine geometry meant the shaft for the disc could not be offset. So it seems impossible.

@@mrwoodandmrtin Bob is a great storyteller but not a mechanic, No worm drive, right angle bevel gears.

Bad people doing bad things, no surprise there "selling repro's as originals" I guess.

Yes , blue prints for the Jeep and visited the actual prop at Bill Malones house back when He still owned it. Some CZcams links on the jeep I built. czcams.com/video/i6tdWV1sY7I/video.htmlsi=70Vcl49cSoSVWFr0 czcams.com/video/tkCXbRFqxuI/video.htmlsi=aHBnw4FSHia-KMMr czcams.com/video/hldaiESKF_0/video.htmlsi=g6JLcxvqgUESPQc- There are some drawings for the Tractor in the Forbidden planet Cinefantastique mag.

2 weeks of hippieness for a kid is like a lifetime. Thank you for the great childhood story.

Its going to look great when you get it put together. A true treasure.

Love the boing boing sound.

@@Robothut I have 4 mechanical chiming clocks for that sound.Makes a house a home.

It is covered in the time machine build videos I did. I used a small DC gear motor from a screw gun, then instead of pinning the large disc to the drive shaft I let it friction fit so it can get up to speed slowing and stop slowly without forcing the motor gear box.

@@Robothut Nice.. Many thanks! I'll go have a look again. I must have missed it. So clever to include a slipping clutch. These days you would have it regeneratively charging the Lipo battery pack.

Fish Tank. Yes, it is always faster to glue 2 parts together than it is to remove and print a lot of supports. So the split version is the one I printed.

@@Robothut yes much better version agree

I have done videos on the process. Check the 3d printing folder on my channel. Also, I just saw a very UpToDate video on doing it by another youtuber a few days ago.

Just started the fish tank on my printer 😁 made it bigger 9 hour print will put on sport mode after laser inspection which will reduce the print time

@@PeterAgostiniJdcap26 Lets us know how it goes. Did you do the 1 part print with supports or the split version with very little supports.

@@Robothut I did the first one not the split . I will post a Timelapse on my channel and post link here if you don’t mind .

@@PeterAgostiniJdcap26 I am all about sharing. So sounds good to me.