Quadruped Spiderbot

About the project

A medium size quadruped robot spider controlled with a phone app.

Project info

Difficulty: Moderate

Platforms: Arduino

Estimated time: 4 days

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

servo motor servo motor Any servo with these dimensions/ 15 kg of torque. x 12
HC-06 Bluetooth Module HC-06 Bluetooth Module x 1
Arduino Nano R3 Arduino Nano R3 x 1

Software apps and online services

Arduino Bluetooth Control Arduino Bluetooth Control On the Google app store

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic) 3D Printer (generic) x 1
Soldering iron (generic) Soldering iron (generic) x 1

Story

I wanted to make a medium size quadruped robot that you can controlled with a phone app.

Schematics, diagrams and documents

n/a

CAD, enclosures and custom parts

Tibia

Use the motors aluminum base & screw them on to the tibia top. Print 4 times.

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Coxa_femur

Square part is the "femur", goes between the tibia (the part touching the ground) & the coxa. The clasps are there to stop the motors from falling out of the coxa "box". Print twice.

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Front/back

Print and screw on base, change infill.

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Side

Print twice, change infill.

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Spider_base

base of the spider

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Code

Spider bot code

Arduino code

Credits

Photo of blight3d28

blight3d28

Hi, I'm Computer Scientist, love robotics & programming.

   

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