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Robot RoQ1

RoQ1 is the first of a series of robots that are easy to manucfacture and very affordable. RoQ1 is a four legged fully articulated robot. It uses 12 R/C style servos for its legs and two more servos for a head and optional tail.

[mpg] Watch RoQ1 take its first shaky steps (1.33MB).

Download the drawings here.

Although RoQ1 is tethered in the movie above (servo power and RS232) it successfully walked with the added weight of the PDA and battery pack.
[RoQ1 sitting]

On the left is the current prototype. The chassis has plenty of space for a servo control, sensor control, a big battery and any handheld computer (i.e Palm Pilot, Windows PDA or a Cybiko).
[RoQ1 standing]

RoQ1 is mainly made from 1/8" wood. Each leg has about 14 parts that need to be glued together. The servos fit easily into the structure. It takes about two days to assemble tho robot. A table saw is recomended.

I plan to release all drawings and assembly instructions as 'Open Source', much like GPL (Gnu Public License) does for software.
[RoQ1 standing]
One main point in the development was to provide double bearings for all joint to minimize stress on the R/C servos. This way they consume less energy and the gears in the servos will last much longer.

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