The largest hexapod ever..? :D

Lynxmotion Legged Robots
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Hi everyone!

I just bought 20 of these…

Super High Torque RC Servo with 1600 oz-in at 12VDC, 90 degrees in 750 ms

invenscience.com/

http://www.nodna.com/images/product_images/popup_images/1240_0.jpg

  • to make a really big hexapod! Probably like the AH3-R. I want a big payload. 8)
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look at the size of that baby. OOooh your gunna have fun. :astonished:

Im very intrigued to see this!

**I can see it now… “Order your New Massive SES here now,” ** :laughing:

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Been watching Wild Wild West ? :stuck_out_tongue:

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That’s going to be one strong beast!
Curious though, which bank did you get the mortgage approved for those servos :stuck_out_tongue:

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That thing is HUGE. Now the servo wires look to like 80 gauge. What is the current draw going to be? will the standard size servo wires work without a hitch?

EDIT>> Wait… I see a second set of wires that are thicker. I guess the motors are feed independently from the pulse signals?

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The voltage is 12vdc and it states the loaded current is 3 amps. The device gains its large torque due to a lot of gear reduction. It’s slow, but it will be fun to make a hexapod capable of carrying 50lbs. Note that value is preliminary based on some simple math I did in my head. lol So don’t hold me to it. :slight_smile:

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so i take it you plan on having a massive pan/tilt on the 18 servo hexapod. :laughing:

have you had any ideas on what the mechanical structure will look like. gigantic SES, etc.

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I got the 20 servos to experiment with. I got 10 of the 1.5 second ones, and 10 of the 750uS ones. I will sell them on the website while I see what I can do with them. I will have to order more to build my beasts.

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I can’t wait to see the final creation! World domination anyone? :smiling_imp: :smiling_imp:

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will you be documenting the whole build? i think it would make an extremely interesting project.
design idea pictures along with construction pictures would be cool.

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Robot Dude: …any progress on your project ? What controller and software did you use for those motors ?

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No progress on this one yet. I’m planning to use the SSC-32 and the same code we use for the smaller bots.

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If I was to plot your progress over the years on a curve, I say that we will have hexapods that will be able to lift us and carry us around within the next 10 years!

I can’t wait to see that hexapod, and ordering which size “seat” to put on it!

:smiley:

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Actually if you really really want to build the largest R/C hexapod ever, you need to use these servos: ckdesigntech.com/tonessps105.html

For those who don’t want to check the link, that is 27.5 ft/lb, 5000 oz/in servo power in a 2 pound package. It goes way beyond the InvenScience in terms of power per wheight ratio.

And just for reference the largest non-RC hexapod ever built might very well be John Deere’s Logging vehicle: youtube.com/watch?v=CgBNjdwYdvE