PrintBot Crab

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The PrintBot Crab is an educational robot that can walk on six legs like a hexapod and grab objects with its pincers. You can see the robot in action at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_dW-XyTIc This modular robot has been 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. Bill of Materials: 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. Axis Link (2 pieces) 10. Back Leg (2 pieces) 11. Front Leg (2 pieces) Electronic Components: 1 x Freaduino 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 4 x M3x40 screws 2 x M3x35 screws 3 x M3x16 screws 8 x M3x12 screws 15 x M3 nuts 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 do not understand Spanish. Example Code: Attached is the Arduino program, which uses the Oscillator library based on Ardusnake made by obijuan. Author: Ana de Prado Navarrete Disclaimer: This thing and all other published material cannot be considered as a final product of BQ. BQ takes no responsibility for its use. It must be considered as 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.