Well with the addition of the ACB-01 “aluinum chassis bracket” we will soon be offering an 8 appendage bot chassis.
I will be adding some weight reduction holes in the lexan panels. The real part will be black, I just used the tinted for the prototype.
I think realistically we will have them in stock after the new year. 
Awesome! 8)
Cmon Jim, you have to make at least on walker called “The Black Widow” 
hehe I was going to name it Dale… 
8)
OMG, this is soooooooooooooooooooooo wickedly AWESOME! 
I am ready to model the new bracket. I just finished the hub-13 and am working on the A4WD1 front panel now. You KNOW I want one of these…
8-Dale
Go ahead, make my day…
8-Dale
That is going to spread like wildfire. It’s awesome.
Is it a chassis for an 8 legged biped platform?
It has EIGHT sides. It would be an octapod.
8-Dale
Electronic Arachnid
Arachnidatron
Arachnibot
Spiderbot
crust-muncher?
no no no… bad Ed. 
Octobot 8)
Or Crust-Buster?
ope… now where are my manors.
Hi!
What about a real spider name? Lynx spider.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_spider
Guess why I’m calling my octapod Oxyopus 
LOL
Umm, a spider’s legs are still distributed bilaterally and not placed evenly spaced all the way around the body. What is gained by having a leg on the front and on the back. Is this going to be a crab walker?
For a spiderbot, there ought to be room in the front to attach two palps.
Ok, well it’s a round spider bot then. There isn’t a leg in the front and rear, the center PC board cutouts are rotated 22.5° to be centered.
How about Cyclosa - the trashline orbweaver spider?
No wait!
I like Araneus!!! 
This has already been used. 
8-Dale
This doesn’t have to be used just for legged robots. It could be used for wheeled robots also.
I would love to model this in 3D after Jim finalizes the design and where all the holes are going to be.
I have an idea…
8-Dale
Hmmm, how bout a model number as a name?
OP8L - Octo Pod 8 Leg?
Could be an interesting rover if it used 8 omni wheels.
