Strider

5/5/17: I have replaced Strider's twine walking mechanism with paperclips. He still falls over a lot, and he skitters instead of strides (due to using a 9v battery with a high-speed motor- again, I don't have a proper 6v battery yet...). But nonetheless, he can get around! However, I am open to any suggestions/tutorials to make him even sturdier, less fall-prone, and walk more than skitter (though I'm aware that the last one has a lot to do with the voltage and high speed of the motor)!

5/4/17: Hi again, everyone! I'm back with a new robot.

Because I've read that hacking toys is not a good way to start in robotics, Roboscraptor is now, sadly, on hold until I am more skilled in building robots. In the meantime, I wanted to see if I could come up with a walking robot using only my imagination- no videos, tutorials, or anything outside of what I already knew. Strider is the result of my tinkering.

Strider, of course, is intended to be a quadruped, but the twine "walking mechanism" didn't end up allowing him to walk that well. I imagine something like solid wire would suit the role much better.

I have included a video demo of Strider, including his flailing (as opposed to walking, which he can't do at all right now). I hope you like him regardless, and yes, he is still a work in progress! Please enjoy. :-)

P.S. I'm sorry again for the watermark... for some reason my version of Windows doesn't have a pre-installed movie maker. :-/