08m2 Board is Available and I think I built a Hexapod

Posted on 17/12/2011 by christhecarpenter
Modified on: 13/09/2018
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I had to build a robot just to test a board... I wanted a nice, simple 08m board to play with so I made one! It is not too shabby, if I do say so myself and quite handy for hexapods and the like. You can find this board here on the component page and here at Rocket Brand Studios. I got the boards in, soldered on up and quickly discovered that I didn't have anything to control with this board. I set off to make a hexapod, my first one. I did some google imaging and found about a dozen examples of ...


08m2 Board is Available and I think I built a Hexapod

I had to build a robot just to test a board...

I wanted a nice, simple 08m board to play with so I made one! It is not too shabby, if I do say so myself and quite handy for hexapods and the like. You can find this board here on the component page and here at Rocket Brand Studios.

I got the boards in, soldered on up and quickly discovered that I didn't have anything to control with this board. I set off to make a hexapod, my first one. I did some google imaging and found about a dozen examples of other's hexapods. I then sorta "averaged out" the designs and starting drawing mine up. A long night later, I hit "GO" on the laser cutter. It came out pretty well, and walks just like it should. In fact, I am happy enough with the first design that I plan to go ahead and finalize the design, and put the results in the form of a kit. 

For now, enclosed are a few pictures and a late-night video of his first steps...

Enjoy.

(click on the picture below to go to the Picasa Album of the photos)

Hexapod v1 Assembled

Walks around

  • Control method: autonomous
  • CPU: PICAXE 08M2
  • Power source: 4 AAA
  • Programming language: Picaxe basic
  • Sensors / input devices: HC-SR04
  • Target environment: smooth surfaces
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