PrintBot Crab

myminifactory

The PrintBot Crab is an educational robot that can walk like a hexapod and grasp objects with its pincers. Watch it in action at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_dW-XyTIc. This modular robot was designed to attach other components such as servos, LEDs, push buttons, a buzzer, and other sensors included in the product "My First Robotics Kit" distributed by bq. BOM Printed parts: 1. Battery Holder 2. Crab Body 3. Central Legs 4. Central Servo Support 5. Eyes 6. Left Pincers 7. Right Pincers 8. Shell 9. Axes Link 10. Back Legs 11. Front Legs Electronic Components: 1 x Freeduino UNO (Arduino UNO derivative) 3 x Miniservos (ES08A or similar) 1 x 8 AAA Battery Holder Optional Electronic Components: 1 x Bluetooth Module Hardware: 8 x AAA Batteries 2 x M3x40 Screw 2 x M3x35 Screw 3 x M3x16 Screw 8 x M3x12 Screw 15 x M3 Nut 4 x Little Rubber Bands 6 x Rubber Ferrule (10mm Diameter) Build Instructions See the attached PDF. Pictures are clear enough to follow the steps even if you don't understand Spanish. Example Code Attached is the Arduino program. The main program uses the Oscillator Library based on Ardusnake made by Obijuan [see: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21401]. Author Ana de Prado Navarrete Disclaimer This thing and all other published material cannot be considered a final product of bq, and bq takes no responsibility for its use. It must be considered an experimental and early released product developed by the Innovation and Robotics Department staff with the intention to share it and test it as soon as possible within the community. Final releases will be published on http://diwo.bq.com & http://diwo.bq.com/montaje-del-printbot-crab/.