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A centipede robot

• lxe 7y ago
  This was fun to follow along. Just got myself a 3-d printer and reading things like this is inspiring.
  • mlurp 7y ago
    Thanks! I only recently got one too, but it's been really useful for projects. Which did you get?
    • lxe 7y ago
      Prusa i3 MK2 from a friend. Works OK -- can't compare it to anything else.
• Isamu 7y ago
  Maybe it's a dodecapod? Since I was just doing this stuff yesterday with a Raspberry Pi with a stepper motor HAT, that being driven through I2C, and his choice here being PWM modules, does anybody have a reference comparing the latency of different motor-driving approaches?
  • mlurp 7y ago
    Haha I guess it's a as-many-legs-as-you-want-to-print-apod! The PWM modules are also driven through I2C. Do you mean the latency between the sending the command and the motor doing it?
• mlurp 7y ago
  Oh neat! I made the centipede. I didn't realize someone posted this until I saw some traffic from HN. It's a work in progress, I have some fun plans for it. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!