[HN Gopher] Build your own 3D printed Hexapod
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       Build your own 3D printed Hexapod
        
       Author : crystalPalace
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2024-02-15 20:25 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | rphln wrote:
       | Building and (most importantly) programming one of those was a
       | pipe dream back when I used to browse Let's Make Robots a bunch
       | of years ago.
       | 
       | Sadly nowadays I just can't get into these projects that'd need
       | me to spend money and would just sit on a drawer until the ends
       | of the time after completed.
        
         | r2_pilot wrote:
         | I have a hexapod design I was making with rds 3115 motors. I
         | bought them before I did the rest of the math. For a
         | while(since before 2020) they definitely sat underutilized.
         | Since clawing back free time, I've repurposed them finally.
        
         | jonathankoren wrote:
         | Ultimately they're toys. Personally, I find making the projects
         | more interesting than actually having them. In fact, there's
         | plenty of times I started to dread finishing the project,
         | because then I'd have to figure out what to do with it when I
         | was done.
        
           | r2_pilot wrote:
           | I have that exact problem right now. I've got a bespoke 16
           | pound robot chassis with Jetson Orin nano and a Teensy, and
           | there's all kinds of sensors, and it's connected to the motor
           | controller with wheels, a DepthAI camera that can identify
           | individuals, and at the end of the day, it's just a bunch of
           | loosely coupled components lol at least I'm almost done with
           | the main integrations and can focus on the way the
           | subcomponents interact.
        
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