Flowbotics- hexapod-2dof vs quadruped-3dof

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Hey All,

**First off, I’m using the flobotics studio Lynxmotion presets to make a bot project.
I really want to stay with in the pre-fab module created by the program to program the bot.
So I finally go the quadruped example to work and it was fantstic!
but alas, it kept falling over (too much strain on the servos (Im using hs-422’s)

So, I’m going to go for the hexapod instead for practicality.

Problem:

the quadruped is a beautiful, elegant 3dof movement (with IK!) and all the bells and whistles.
the hexapod is 2dof clunky - too mechanical.

Any suggestions to get the hexapod to utilize 3dof?
My coding skills are pretty basic and I was hoping to use the presets to program my bot.

***would you advise I purchased 'stronger servos and continue on with the quadruped?
(it would be a big investment so I’d like to be sure)

Let me know any thoughts
thanks
J.

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Hi,

We do not currently have a version of this app for 3 DoF, only 2 DoF hexapods are supported at this time. While the software could be modified, this is not a trivial task.
It would require the following modifications:

]Modify the robot definition to include the new links/motor rotations (low complexity)/:m]
]Modify the display code to show the new rotations (high complexity)/:m]
]Modify the IK code to include the new movement / create the new gaits (very high complexity)/:m]
]Modify the serial interface code to output data to the new motors (low complexity)/:m]

Sincerely,