Lobo – walking ‘bot

This little guy was the first robot the WSU Robotics Club put together after I joined it (the same bunch of people as, later, built Eddie).

Lobo was constructed largely from bits and pieces we had just laying around:

• Javelin Stamp – an upgraded BASIC Stamp that runs at a blistering rate of over 8,000 Java instructions per second.
• ASC16 – a dedicated RC servo controller, commanded by serial commands sent to it by the Javelin.
• SRF04 ultrasonic ranger for obstacle avoidance
• 13 unmodified RC servos; 2 for each leg, and 1 for panning the sonar sensor
• 4 NiCad cells for power
• A bunch of leftover acrylic for the chassis
• And 2 zip-ties for “ears” (certainly, the most critical component)

Videos

Here’s a video of Lobo’s very first steps:

And a video of Lobo successfully navigating around a thoroughly daunting obstacle – a cardboard box!