Prototypes

The path towards the goal of a creating a dynamically balanced, autonomous, bipedal robot has many steps. Rather than waiting until the final robot is finished to share any content, each prototype is published here. Hopefully this will allow others to follow the progression of the project and learn from our mistakes and successes. The prototypes are presented with the most recent first.

5 ROFI : Android based walking bipedal robot

    • Android tablet for the brains, Arduino mega for the brawn

    • Uses an accelerometer to do partial balancing

    • Easily fabricated on a home 3D printer

    • Uses sensor feedback to avoid obstacles

4 FOBO : Autonomous statically balanced walking bipedal robot

    • Bipedal robot that can walk statically

    • Parts can be fabricated on a home 3D printer

    • Uses lithium polymer battery for autonomous functionality


3 ROTH : Statically balanced walking bipedal robot

    • Uses lithium polymer battery for autonomous functionality

    • Statically balanced

    • Easily fabricated on a home 3D printer

    • Too heavy

2 PRODOS: Simple limb chain actuation

  • Bipedal robot that can perform "walking animations"

  • Parts can be fabricated on a home 3D printer

  • Uses servos

  • Uses an Arduino microcontroller

  • Has a user interface

1 GIMPy: Robot model

    • Parts can be fabricated on a home 3D printer