I’m not sure if I’m going to run with this design but after doing some research on different shapes and how they’re applied in modern robotics. I decided to mess around with a spherical design for my head unit. This is just a rough concept I hammered out from my existing design. I have a lot of really neat ideas for this version including an auto focusing feature for the laser grid. Unfortunately for me money is a huge problem right now and even though the materials I need total less than a few hundred dollars. I just don’t have the funds. I have family to take care and bills to catch up on. So for now I’ll have to make some prototypes without the auto focusing feature. I also wanted to make just the front of the device spin. This would mean putting the laser in the center and adding a slip ring connector.
At any rate these are my concept designs and once I have one that I know will print well I’ll post the STL’s to my Thingiverse profile. at: https://www.thingiverse.com/whyamisoawkward/.
Right now I’ve been combing the internet for ideas. I really like this article in particular https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/4/1413