Cool. I wonder what he’s sending over radio.. Specific servo positions? Or, direction info with the occasional instruction to use a different pre-programmed gait?

I expected it to stand up, near the end.

Put a glove on it. It’s Thing T. Thing!

the fifth leg seems a little useless, it always held one stiff and drug it along. the only time it used all five was in turning, which it could of pulled of with four. using it for a prop when fighting makes sense. with more complex walking patterns could make use of the extra leg too (can’t imagine that easy tho).

so it’s a biped that needs three stabilizers cause it can’t balance?

Need to put this things motion through some evolutionary algorithms, then we can see its capabilities.

Definitely agree the gait needs work, didn’t really see any that I’d call a true pentapedal(?) motion, always working in pairs or as a support. Nice project though, and an intriguing concept, can’t wait to see the next iteration

starfish!

I agree with Stranger, Torque- this isn’t what I’d call walking with five legs, it uses the back four (looking a bit like a gorilla to me) with the front one dragging.

I’d prefer to see it move one leg at a time going around the body, either sequentially or 1-3-5-2-4. Three are enough to balance on, so it should theoretically be able to always have two off the ground…

I’m thinking insect like locomotion in the same way that an ant can manipulate all 3 segments, just without the segments.

@Fallen

I was thinking the same thing, though I’ve never seen how a starfish moves.

I don’t understand why so many bot builders neglect a simple and cheap part… A small piece of rubber or neoprene on the ends of the feet. That thing seems to waste much of it’s energy with slips/slides. The concept is interesting however.