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If anyone want to build a hexapod with legs instead of whegs, check out: http://vorpalrobotics.com/wiki/index.php/Vorpal_The_Hexapod http://vorpalrobotics.com/w
by mrfredward 8y ago
If anyone want to build a hexapod with legs instead of whegs, check out: http://vorpalrobotics.com/wiki/index.php/Vorpal_The_Hexapod http://vorpalrobotics.com/wiki/index.php/Vorpal_The_Hexapod
It's 3d printed and the design is fully open, but you can buy a full kit for under $200 if you don't want to buy and print everything yourself.
Disclosure: One of my relatives did a lot of the design.
- cr0sh 8y agoI like this kit, but the price really jumps when you go "full kit" - but it's still cheaper than just about any other 6-legged robot kit. That said, one of the nice things about whegs vs. legs is that you get almost all the benefits of legs, with a much simpler (and lower cost - in theory, if you don't go with Robotis servos, etc) design. Basically the whole "80% of the functionality for 20% of the cost" idea... But the Vorpal is cuter...heh.