Page 14 - Robots Androids and Animatrons : 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build
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Six legs—tripod gate 233
Creating a walker robot 234
Three-servo walker 235
Function 236
Construction 238
Mounting the servo motors 240
Linkage 240
Center servo motor 241
Electronics 243
Microcontroller program 244
PICBASIC program 245
Parts list for the walker robot 246
12 Solar-ball robot 247
Gearbox 249
Robot construction 250
Electronics 253
How it works 253
Putting it all together 255
Locomotion 255
Advancing the design 255
Adding higher behavior module 256
Parts list for the solar-ball robot 256
Electronics 257
13 Underwater bots 259
Dolphins and tunas 259
Swimming with foils 261
Paddles and rows 261
What have we learned so far? 261
Jumping in 262
Submarine 262
Swimming by use of a tail 263
The robotic android fish 267
Learn more about it 267
Parts list for robotic fish 267
14 Aerobots 269
Lighter-than-air aircraft background 270
Team LRN