How To Teardown A Cubee Robot Speaker For Servo Repairs - Part 3 Replaci...

After my Robot Bluetooth Speaker took a fatal dive at the floor, I am determined to fix my Cubee problems I found in Part 1. Then in Part 2 I tore down Cubee and I Identified that the right leg and hip servos were broken and needed to be replaced. In this Part 3, I replaced the Cubee right ankle servo, what I imagined would be a simple task of extracting the broken servo and swapping in a replacement, It took far longer and was more difficult than than I expected. I always advise people to watch the entire video series if they wish to copy (at their own risk) what I have done, but in this case its crucial you do or I can almost guarantee you will make the same mistakes I did, or worse and as I have the tools and resources to correct things you may be left with a Cubee you broke. Simple Don't skip through this video series if you have a Cubee. Fixing the Right Ankle is not sufficient to fix my Cubee, so in Part 4 I Will Replace The Right Hip Servo. Please don't forget to give a Thumbs Up, Share and most importantly Subscribe to this fixed1t channel by clicking the subscribe button to be informed about Part 3 - Where I will be replacing the right ankle servo. Malcolm aka  @FIXED1T  #fixed1tAIrobots fixed1tAIrobots

The legs of the Sony AIBO ERS-210

The legs on the Sony AIBO ERS-210 robot dog are pretty sophisticated, and enclosed in tight fitting custom shell parts.

Each section of the leg is uniquely enclosed to ensure they do not interfere with each other.

Undoing the casing it tricky and with the sophisticated delicate electronics packed tightly in there is serious risk of damage.

Each limb joint has is own servos, control feedback circuits delicate flexible printed circuit board cables.  This is a great design methodology and it means there are no wire to get entangled and caught up.

Unfortunately, the special design of the flexible PCB cables and circuits means they are rarer than Hens Teeth, especially as Sony stop making them years ago, so damaging one go these cables can be fatal to the limb.

 Despite the rugged nature of the gait with which the AIBO's walk when wandering about, some of the smallest cables are in the ankles, can easily be broken by rough handling or chewing by a pet.

Each of the limb joints has is own potentiometer (pots) feedback pot, these are prone to dirt and dirt damage, as are any pots the one you use every day is the crackly volume control on your old hifi.

Within each of the limbs are complex gears linked to the servos, damage to these plastic gears is not uncommon and can prove fatal to the limb.

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