We love [Aaed Musa]’s TOPS (Traverser of Planar Surfaces) which is a robotic canine with custom-made actuators. The DIY could be very sturdy with this undertaking, and the 3D-printed elements alone took a whopping three weeks to print!
There’s extra element on the electronics and design of TOPS in the build log of the project’s Hackaday.io page, so test it out as a result of there are all types of good design particulars, just like the ft being forged with a silicone outer layer for higher traction. We’ve beforehand coated [Aaed]’s DIY robotic actuator design which we’re delighted to see is put to wonderful use within the completed robotic.
Of course, a robotic’s {hardware} and bodily design is just a part of the battle. In truth, [Aaed] says the software program facet of issues was in all probability the most important general problem. It takes loads of work to make walking occur, and the method has the truth is been an enormous studying expertise. [Aaed] already has loads of concepts for a possible TOPS V2.
[Aaed]’s website has video excursions of all phases of design and building of TOPS, and there’s a GitHub repository for all of the design particulars. To see all of it in motion, take a look at the quick video rounding up the completed robotic, embedded right here just below the web page break.
