Robots are cool, so check out [Atlin Anderson]’s Spiderbot (video, embedded below) which can be made with 3D printed parts, hobby servos, and ESP32-CAM module for control and a first-person view. Looking for a new project? All of the design details are shared online if you’d like to make a hexapod of your own.
We like the effort [Atlin] put into minimizing hardware fasteners in the design of the 3D-printed parts, and aiming for a modular concept that leaves things open for expansion or modification. There’s plenty of room in the chassis for more hardware, with a convenient peg system for snap-fitting assemblies.
Control is done wirelessly via a mobile phone with an app created using the MIT App Inventor, a fantastic tool that is still going strong as a capable and accessible way to make an Android app.
As for the ESP32-CAM module that drives it all, it is a great piece of hardware with capabilities that are leveraged very nicely here. We’ve seen other projects make good use of it as well, from this 1/64 scale micro RC car to an oddball tripod camera robot.
Spiders famously have eight legs. And big anime eyes https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000ma2sdRx0v1s/fit=1000×750/022-052.jpg :-)
Ah, six-legged spider. Hocico, of course!
https://hocico.com
This is clearly a Tachikoma beta
Do you want Replicators? Because that is how you get Replicators..
Time to work on transport to Dakara.
Sir, your luggage must fit inside this big circle! And no weight limit. Also bring enough ammo for your P90, you never know when you need it.
i built this one long time ago still works great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To2Y6Mhu-CE
Wow! That’s impressive. Plans/STLs for it anywhere? Must scare the heck out of little kids.
i still have some pcbs i made up think i had do 10 i will have a look for them
https://github.com/SmallpTsai/hexapod-v2-7697
also found stl files https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3141748
If you got a 3D-Printer. some technical know-how and enough money to burn on 18 Servos (the costs do add up past around five of them, especially if looking for decent ones that turn into a jittery mess). Building a Hexapod seems almost inevitable. <_<
I fear not IF i succumb to it myself, but when…
That DONT turn into a jittery mess*