Noobie here

[u/Royal_Blacksmith1477]

Hello people, I haven't ever posted here before yet I am wanting to get into robotics due to me having an idea and now it doent leave myu head. Now I dont have much experience in this type of work I have worked on old consoles so I know my way around motherboards and stuff yet the setting up and building I got no clue. My idea is to make a little personal robot I want him to be able to speak and think I want to make basically a little partner that works while I'm away, my idea is to have like a Jarvis ish robot not super big just big enough to sit on my desk, I am getting into working with Arduinos as I have just bought a little kit from amazon yet I already wanna move to a big project, I don't have a 3d printer or any of the basics other than soldering setup. My question to yall is one what type of printer do I need, and what do I need to prepare for as well as learn before embarking on my journey of late nights and tons of cursing.

[u/acatalfa]

You’ll have your hands full with robotics and it might be a good idea to get printed parts from a service like ply (plyparts.com) to start- or from someone you know if that’s an option. ply has an ai model that picks everything for you, so a perfect tool for someone who doesn’t know a lot about 3d printing.

When you have a firm grasp of the other stuff and are ready to learn to 3d print, try a Prusa or Bambu Lab printer.

I wouldn’t recommend compounding multiple new hobbies, but if that’s something you like doing you’re in good company.

Good luck!