I’m a forum noobie, but I’ve been admiring lynxmotion’s radial hexapods for quite sometime. I’m starting a rather ambitious project as the centerpiece of my PhD work. My goal is to develop models for reactive dynamic control of multi-legged robots. This gave me a great excuse to pick up an ah3-r My ultimate goal is to create a robot that can robustly traverse unknown terrain (think of big dog with 2 more legs).
I’ve been looking around for related work recently and stumbled upon this website. The author (Andy) referred to these forums as well as a the Open Servo project. This seems like the perfect place to get some input from some people who’ve been using these robots for a while.
I’m planning on creating my own “brains” for the robot, but I’m still thinking about actuation/sensing options. How robust is the 645 servo? Is the openservo project worth considering? What kind of battery life do these typically get? Any input is welcome.
Good project for a thesis! Wish I could have gotten away with something like that!
The 645’s aren’t bad, but remember they are hobby servos.
The open servo project is interesting, but I’d save it for rejuvenating a fried servo, not starting on a new one. Get a digital version of the servo instead for a little more performance and torque.
My ultimate goal is to create a robot that can robustly traverse unknown terrain (think of big dog with 2 more legs).