It’s done (old post)! I finally took the time to assemble the full 8-legged strandbeest. It looks totally cool and walking around with it at GPN19 was very satisfying:
As expected, sideways stability is the biggest problem with the current design, so I plan to double up the lower leg and inner connecting piece later.
The controller is an ESP32 programmed with the Arduino Framework. It opens a wifi access point and provides a bare-bones “website” as a means to control it via the phone. And yes, it can totally walk curves by driving the two halves at different speeds.
Oh thanks so much for this - how great of you to share the files. As a bonafide make-hoarder I think I have all the parts on hand - and summer is coming, so this would make a great project.
