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Pololu's Low Cost Hexapod Robot Design
     


Pololu has posted a tutorial for
an easy-to-build hexapod robot. As can be seen in the above video,
despite the robot's small size, it can walk
forward or backward, turn left or right, and has IR sensors for
obstacle avoidance. Paul Grayson
of Pololu writes,
I wanted to point you to a new tutorial I posted on building a
really simple, low-cost hexapod walker (using the Micro Maestro, of
course) I am hoping that the simplicity of the design will appeal to
a lot of
people who want to take their first "step" beyond differential drive
bots.

Not surprisingly, you can get all the parts you'll need at Pololu.
It's based on
the new Micro
Maestro USB servo controller, three sub-micro servos, two Sharp
GP2Y0D810Z0F sensors, and a 4.8v battery pack. Add some jumbo paper
clips, some hot glue, and you've got a little robot. For complete
documentation on construction and programming, see Pololu's full
article, titled
Simple Hexapod Walker.

   

http://robots.net/article/2981.html