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A little hexapod robot that I made
- symmetricsaurus 14y agoNice little robot. The video is a little short, is there any more footage?
- robotico 14y agoThank you! Yeah, it's a bit short - was made quite a while ago. The video is the only one that I have up in it's final form, but here's one of it before I made some pretty major improvements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfpAWJ23OA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfpAWJ23OA4 - As for what I mean by that, this article has some info on its original form and how it got to be quite a bit better: http://www.jcopro.net/2010/12/08/pegleg-the-six-legged-hexapod-robot-part-2-construction/ http://www.jcopro.net/2010/12/08/pegleg-the-six-legged-hexap...
- kristopher 14y agoCool -- does it have any sort of sensor array to guide its mobility?
- robotico 14y agoThanks! "Sensor array" would be a bit of a stretch in this case, but it has two switches near the battery that I hit with my finger at the beginning. Hitting this causes it to back up and turn left. Hitting the right sensor would back up and turn right. I meant to put some sort of "whiskers" on them, but never really got them to stay on the switches like I wanted. In theory if it bumped into something, it could correct it's path and keep walking.
- dchichkov 14y agoIt looks like servos add a lot of extra weight and complexity to the design. Compare with alternate solutions that use smart alloys as actuators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-OFaBHyFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-OFaBHyFY