How To Make A Hexapod Robot. Part 1 of 3: Building a leg. A DIY Robot Project. 

Thank you. I was actually thinking about making something like that to show some of the complexity.

Because Im using a FDM printer, flat parts that can lay on printer bed horizontally come out much stronger. But I agree that the curved one looks way cooler. Now Im thinking about trying that on the main hexapod too...

@@MakeYourPet Yeah, I completely agree about the strength trade-off. Designing around FDM is often a fun challenge. It is a really cool design though, I'd love to see how it works out.

Wow your hexapod looks very nice, well done! yeah the potentiometer wearing over time is a total pain. In more expensive servos they actually use hall encoders, e.g. Dynamixel servos.

hey I'm just wondering how you made one out of popsicle sticks? Sorry for this late question!

Yeah they look like a good option, thank you, I might give it a try. I was just hoping to find a standard size one to reuse as many parts as I can. But a tiny light-weight spider robot sounds tempting too...

​@@MakeYourPet I will follow your work close, my friend. I have the same problem as you. I also want to find nice and cheap servos to build an Hexapod. I will share a little of my research so far with you. I hope it can help you. I suggested the MG92B servos because this hexapod (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-To2Y6Mhu-CE.html) uses them and the movements look ok. I am actually thinking on building this one. For sure would be nice to use the MG996R or the MG995 (as far as I know they are basically the same) because they are cheap, but the movements are not really very nice. As you can see here below: This one uses MG995: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HRC5HrN8KD0.html (this one doesn't look so bad) This one uses MG996R: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ds6gBtItyZ0.html The best hexapods use the DYNAMIXEL servos, but they are really expensive. This is the best one I have found: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RluQvXL1tgQ.html This is the second best: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VwTd5cWJx2M.html Yours is the third best out there in my opinion: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vLr9JiVqL_Q.html

Wow this is super helpful thank you. :) Yeah I agree, the one that uses the MG92B servos looks nice and has smooth movements. I should give it a try! Yes Dynamixels are the best servos that money can buy. And WOW being 3rd on the list of cool hexapods on RU-vid is a big deal so thank you

@@MakeYourPet I would really love it if you could make a smaller light-weight spider! thanks

I used these -> a.co/d/8q69ixe

Afaik the MG996R is digital (or at least they claim it is). But that is a very important point that you mentioned. Yes I run the hexapod with 50Hz even though my servos could do 300Hz

It is not that straight forward, but if you are interested, join the Discord discussions as we are doing some work to support more options there...

No documentation on the 3d printing process. I have released the STL files, and they are all easy to print. I used PLA on my Ender 3, but you can use any material really, based on your preference.

@@MakeYourPet perfect, that helps!

I just started down this path of creation and have printed many (but not all) of parts using the following settings: .2 layer height 30% infill 3 walls, 4 top and bottom I used PETG at about 60 speed. Most parts don't need supports, but you may need them for the femurs and coxas.

Yes the default print settings should be fine.

The feed switch is to detect when the leg hits the ground, to handle uneven surfaces

I still need to add support for other boards. So unfortunately not yet.

@@MakeYourPet thank you

@@MakeYourPet hi i would like to ask which of the Coxa to print? coxa or coxa 2? whats the difference?

@@arcline7910 print coxa 2. You should join my Discord server for more details on the build.

@@MakeYourPet yes i will join and thank you