stalker is dead... but the body and components are preserved well, so I decided to reuse them and therefore Mini is born.
Lastest update (12/01/2012)
Original Post can be found here:
http://blog.oscarliang.net/simple-hexapod-robot-arduino/
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31/12/2011
I just love working with Styrene plastic when building small robots... so flexible and shapable!
although it could take a while to cut and get good at it, but it's definitely a very good choice for people with small budget!
Here is a very good site selling them, it's the cheapest I have found so far (let me know if you know anywhere else cheaper ; )
Styrene Sheet (Plasticard) from Station Road Baseboards)
In this one, I basically reused all the servos and parts from the Stalker, the only things I need to rebuild was the base and the legs..
I hope I can work out some more gaits and moves soon and get it uploaded on youtube.
In the mean time, I will be working on the serial communication program to talk to the robot from the PC ; )
Ciao!
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07/01/2012
Mini can be now controlled by a VB program via USB connection, check here
http://arduin0.blogspot.com/2012/01/control-arduino-through-serial.html
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11/01/2012
further modification to the leg:
it's now more stable as the legs are tougher and lighter, more importantly it looks cooler!
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12/01/2012
Wrote a few more commands files today, works quite well ; )
See 2nd video from the top.
That's it! no more 2DOF hexpad, I will modify it into 3DOF per leg, and start to think about IK and trigonometry!
Sayonara!
