{"id":17091,"date":"2017-07-13T10:19:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T09:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17091"},"modified":"2017-07-13T10:19:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T09:19:24","slug":"build-a-hexapod-walker-robot-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-servos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17091","title":{"rendered":"Build a hexapod walker robot with a Raspberry Pi and servos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=560%2C528&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?w=3120&amp;ssl=1 3120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=300%2C283&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=768%2C725&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=1024%2C966&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=560%2C528&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=260%2C245&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?resize=160%2C151&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hexapod-walker-main.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roland Pelayo has written up his project in which he creates a hexapod walking robot with a Raspberry Pi for control. He&#8217;s used a piece of acrylic as the main chassis and then fashioned legs out of strips of aluminium. The servos are powered by AA batteries whilst the Pi is powered by a 5V &#8220;lipstick&#8221; power bank. He&#8217;s added an ultrasonic distance sensor for autonomous operation. The software is Python on the back end and he&#8217;s also created a PHP\/Javascript front end to operate it manually. <a href=\"https:\/\/diyhacking.com\/hexapod-walker-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A write-up of the project is available here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kurimawxx00\/raspberry-pi-hexapod-walker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the code is available from GitHub<\/a> and you can see a video of it in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hexapod Walker with Raspberry Pi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qAcsxCHKnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Pelayo has written up his project in which he creates a hexapod walking robot with a Raspberry Pi for control. 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