Phoenix Hexapod

[gfish]

My RC hexapod arrived last week, and I assembled it over the weekend.

The servos still need some fine calibration, but it works quite well even as it is. It's a very nice design, and while maybe not worth what I paid for it in any rational sense, I don't regret the purchase. Most importantly, it will serve its intended purpose as a research platform nicely. Because, see, I want to build another one.

I want to build one I can ride on. And I've almost convinced myself that this is feasible. Stay tuned...

Comments

[happyinmotion.livejournal.com]

How would the hexapod controller cope with including some kind of suspension system into the legs/feet?

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Depends how aggressive the suspension was, I guess. At some point it would start to mess up the inverse-kinematics which determine the gait. Judging by the small RC version, I don't think it will be needed, but it's hard to say once things are scaled up ~10x. That's something I'll just leave to testing and deal with if I have to.