A final video of my my hexapod. The robot is based on T08A2/R3000 spider tank from Ghost In The Shell movie.
HARDWARE
* 2x Raspberry Pi mirco computers (1st for motion control, 2nd for face tracking)
* 28x Servos (18 for legs, 4 for body, 6 for weapons)
* 1x Camera (for face tracking)
* 3x Servo drivers
* 2x Lasers (how can you have a robot wittout lazors??!!!
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* 1x Distance sensor
* 1x PS3 controller (or XBox controller when developing on Windows)
SOFTWARE
* Custom engine with special gait algorithm, animation playback, IK, face tracking, etc.
* Unity pipeline for converting animations and skeleton from 3D animation software into custom format.
~250 hours of 3D printing using XYZPrinting DaVinci 1.0 printer.