Hexwalker was built from a kit produced by M & T Systems in Huntington Beach California.
The body is made of perforated circuit board material. It has three R/C type servos driving the legs and a Basic Stamp for a brain. Antennae on the front sense obstacles and, after a few steps in reverse, send the creature off in another direction. The method used to obtain the alternating triangle gait is ingenious in its simplicity in that it can do with three servos what usually takes at least three per leg.
Don Colbath, who built this kit reports, “I was not totally happy with the construction methods and materials used and decided to build my own body and legs to attach to the existing servos and brain. This has not turned out to be as easy as I imagined and my “Hexwalker Mark II” is still undergoing refinements. My ultimate goal is to enlarge my version to about coffee table size then later to a size that a person could take a ride on. Stay tuned for future announcements.”
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