It's always fun to make a small robot and experiment with the movements and obstacle avoidance, however to make something that can actually walk is even better. One example of this has been documented by Kevin Biagini who created a simple bipedal robot (i.e. it has two legs) that can walk in a fasion. Using two servos for each leg, and some 3D-printer body parts Kevin's "Bob" robot can walk about and detect objects in front of it using an ultrasonic distance sensor. Here's a quick video of Bob in action:
To make your own, Kevin has thoughtfully published the files to print Bob's parts, the sketch and other details on the project page. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.
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Jump to comment formkevin biagini said:
so cool to find my work on the web thanks for posting this guys!