Hexabot: Build a heavy duty six-legged robot!

Step 26 Credits

This project wouldn't have been possible without the assistance of the following individuals and organizations:

Mark Gross
Professor of computational design in CMU's school of architecture
Thanks to Mark for teaching me programming, electronics, and above all else, encouraging me to do this project!

Ben Carter
Scene Shop Supervisor, CMU Drama Department
Ben was my instructor for the welding class I took this past (Fall 2008) semester. He also was also able to get me all of the steel tubing I needed for free!

Austin Buchan
CMU Robotics Club 2008-2009 Vice President
Austin is the resident electrical engineering guru of the CMU Robotics Club. He designed the h-bridge motor control circuit and was always willing to answer my electricity-related queries

The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Club
The Robotics Club is probably the single most important student project resource on campus. Not only do they have a fully equipped machine shop, electronics bench, and fridge, they also have an abundance of members who are always willing to share their expertise on a subject, be it programming or machine component design. I did the majority of the project work in the Robotics Club. Hexabot's motors and batteries (both expensive components) came courtesy of the Club's abundance of random project parts.

Comments

[m5industriesinc]

where did you buy that mill and how much?

[rpantaleo]

I believe the mill was a donation from the CMU Robotics Institute machine shop. We didn't buy it.