I am introducing a new Mech Warrior into the (albeit non-existent) New Zealand ring. Zeus is going to be - future tense - a 6 legged robot spider built out of the CH3-R hexapod frame. A finished model, looks like this:
My current hexapod, looks like ... well, nothing at the moment. However, I have ordered the parts and they will arrive in 2 to 3 weeks. A modest startup cost, but at the same time I included a battery pack, PS2 controller, those cool red glowing legs like in the picture, an add-on deck (for a turret / torso) and a bunch of LEDs.
I will be putting up pictures, text and youtube links on this blog, to keep myself, and any potential readers, up to date with what is happening and how the project is coming along. Keep in mind, my electronics and robotics skills are very rusty, last time I played with this stuff was when I was in high school. Hopefully I will remember enough to put this badboy together.
The eventual goal of this robot will be to compete in Mech-Warfare type games (see this link for details of the American games) where you must build a robot that can be controlled only through a camera (the pilots are not allowed to physically view the arena) that can walk around and manouever, and fire its weaponry at the enemy.
Anyway, thats enough of an introduction, next post will be my first circuit built for Zeus!
