I am in the really early process of wanting to build my own Biped robot (6DOF leg) and plan on making the full robot first because thats whats interests me first and have all the motors, servos and electronics put in at the same time so that when I finally get to programming the robot it will already be built.
I will look something like this I found on the internet (attachment)
I was wondering if it was relevant to use stepper motors (maybe with planetary gears or other reduction method) to reduce the power needed to lift the legs in some places and have a less gitery movement? I was planing on making the robot roughly 50cm high.
And would the stepper motors be usable on the ssc 32 servo controller?
I am really new to eletronics so i would understand if what i’m saying is rediculous ^^.
The artist has some very nice and inspirational work on his website.
We offer the Lynxmotion Scout biped hardware kit (no servos) which has 6dof legs.
This can get you up and running very quickly, but it’s important to note that the electronics, servos and battery are sold separately, and there is currently no sample walking algorithm.
Anything is possible, but you’ll quickly find that the price of geared steppers is rather high, they are more complex to control, and you’ll need to find a way to zero them every time since they don’t offer absolute positioning.
Unfortunately not. The SSC-32 and SSC-32U are only compatible with normal RC servo motors. The Scout above would however use the SSC-32U.
We suggest considering the Scout to really give you a jump start, but keep in mind that the real challenge will be to program the system to walk normally / naturally.
