InMoov 11 : Printing and Building the InMoov Robot

12 Jun 2013 · 1 min

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In this segment of the InMoov robot build tutorial, the presenter demonstrates the assembly of the forearm's base components (parts 2, 3, 4, and 5). He explains that ABS plastic parts are bonded using acetone, noting that PLA requires a different solvent (unspecified). The speaker highlights the need for extensive sanding and shaping to achieve a near‑seamless piece, and describes trimming required to accommodate the simple servo bed and to close gaps where parts overhang or do not meet perfectly. The focus is on practical tips for material‑specific bonding, fit adjustments, and post‑assembly finishing.

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Now I've attached robot parts 2 and 5. This is the base of the forearm, and they call this the COVID Robot parts 3 and 4, and I've glued them together. You can see the seams with acetone, which is what you're supposed to do on ABS plastic. PLA, you're supposed to use something different. I don't remember what it is. And you can see it still needs a lot of sanding and shaping to bring it to something close to one piece. I had to trim a lot in here because this is where the simple servo bed is going to be put, and I had to trim over here too. There's further trimming that's going to need to be done on this side so it'll close properly. You can see that there's an overhang where the parts didn't quite meet.