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guard-bot
In the last few chapters, we’ve focused on wheeled robots such as Zippy-Bot and Tag-Bot, but another popular design for
mobile creations is legged robots—robots that walk. While legged robots are not as versatile as wheeled robots, creating a
walker is an exciting and rewarding challenge.
In this chapter, we’ll create a
six-legged robot named Guard-Bot
(Figure 15-1) that uses two independent
motors to move the legs: One motor
powers three legs on the left side,
and the other motor powers three legs
on the right side. Guard-Bot maintains
stability by always having three legs on
the ground—two on one side, and one
on the other—and Guar ...