THE LONG WALK!!

[craig_colliass]

There I've done it I have decided to combine the idea of a promotional fun robot with my intention of one day making a walker!!
Now all I have to do is design and build it. :shock: :shock: :shock:

My intention is to go for an eight legged arachnid type robot. I have seen one at the robot rumble and loved it.

Can anyone think of any other robots like that?

[leorcc]

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Mechadon:

[craig_colliass]

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How the heck did that thing work?? :shock:

[froggy]

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Hi craig
I built ARAC 2 the spider bot you are refering to at the Brentwood rumble...
Get in touch and ill see if i can help ya..
Cheers Froggy

[dragonmaster_1]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUK5LMXk4s

[craig_colliass]

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Those walkers you have got to be impressed!!

The one I am making wont be a combat one as I don't think I could make one strong enough
The mechanism I hope to use will look like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoQj-...eature=related

[muchalucha]

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that things got little wheels on its claws , If it had wheels which locked up going one way , so it could sort of shuffle about , does it still count as a walker ?

[craig_colliass]

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Can someone ask Edd Wallis to email me @ craigcolliass(at)dsl1.co.uk thanks.

[froggy]

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Hi Craig
This is the link you need...http://www.mechanicalspider.com/
WARNING !!! building this type of mechanism can send you crazy !!!
I should know ive done it twice now !!!
Cheers Froggy

[muchalucha]

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this thing is just asking to be made into a heavy weight , theres some really in depth instructions there , and the thing uses wheel chair motors as is !!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Hexabot ... ged_robot/

[dragonmaster_1]

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Mecadon
http://homepage.mac.com/roninsfx/Team_S ... ter16.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8ne4zSCY0

[blazerbotics]

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Some little kits http://www.hexapodrobot.com/index.html , really nice bloke met him at space centre and Dublin, hes planning on making a big version i think.

[muchalucha]

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lynxmotion sell something similar to this , they look fantastic but they are really expensive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1YMQQ8ySXM

[craig_colliass]

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I just won an auction on eBay for a pair of 24v-geared motors. They should do for the power they are rated at 300rpm but they will be connected via chain so a speed of no more than 95rpm at the cranks.
I am not sure of the stride length but I hope it will be approximately 200-250mm, giving a theoretical speed of 1.1-1.4kmh this will be quite fast for a walker!!!
I love the robots shown on this thread by other people, if all goes well I hope to have some component pictures up in the next few weeks.

Thanks for everyone€™s input.

[muchalucha]

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cool , id love to see the results , are you using the wheel -less bicycle design ?