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... ... @@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ 10 10 11 11 (% style="width:800px" %) 12 12 |((( 13 -**About the AH2 Walking Robot**14 -The AH2 hexapod robotuses an advancedmechanicaladvantageleg design. This leg designprovides themaximumholdingstrengthwith theminimum currentdraw. The two DOF (degree of freedom) allows this robot to be steered like a tank. Forward, reverse,gradual and in place turning is supported. The robot uses12HS-422servos for the legs. The combo kit includes everything you need to make a functional robot except batteries.This is sure to beapopular implementationofthe traditionalinlinehexapod design.13 +**About the MH2 Walking Robot** 14 +The MH2 hexapod robot is designed around a simple mechanical leg design with all metal brackets. This leg design minimizes the number of parts required to make a two DOF (degree of freedom) leg and allows this robot to be steered like a tank. Forward, reverse and in place turning is supported. The robot uses standard sized Hitec servos for the legs. The combo kit includes everything you need to make a functional robot except batteries and optional PS2 controller. 15 15 16 16 **The Mechanics** 17 -The robot is made from ultra-tough laser-cut PVC structural components ,custominjectionmouldedcomponents,and high-quality aluminum Servo Erector Set brackets.17 +The body of the robot is made from ultra-tough laser-cut PVC structural components while the legs are made from high-quality aluminum Servo Erector Set brackets. The MH2 includes 12 servos; six HS-422 and 6x 645MG. The robot is able to adjust its height, walk forward and in reverse, as well as rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise, tit forward and backward, left and right and more. 18 18 19 19 **Controlling the Robot** 20 - Severaldifferent kits are available. By offloading the servo pulse generation and sequence movement timing to the SSC-32,yourmicrocontroller has plenty of power to do some really cool things. Thecurrentprogrammingallows the robot to walkfrom PS2 control or autonomously. Note that this robot takes full advantageofthe SSC-32'sbuilt-in hexapod sequencer; simply send therightcommandsfrom aserial sourceand watch therobot walk!20 +There are three control options for the MH2. The first combo kit, the MH2, comes with the SSC-32 and the Bot Board II + BASIC Atom Pro 28. This kit is programmed using Basic Micro Studio. The second kit, the MH2U, includes the SSC-32 and a BotBoarduino, and is intended to be programmed using the popular Arduino software. By offloading the servo pulse generation and sequence movement timing to the SSC-32, the microcontroller has plenty of power to do some really cool things. The sample code allows the robot to walk using the PS2 controller (sold separately). 21 21 22 +The third kit includes a full version of FlowBotics Studio and includes the SSC-32 as well as a serial to Bluetooth board and Bluetooth module which allows for remote control from the computer. This approach offloads the higher level calculations to the computer. FlowBotics Studio includes a demo project for the MH2 with pre-written walking algorithms. 23 + 22 22 **Powering Options** 23 23 The robot is compatible with the following batteries and chargers. 24 24 Chargers ... ... @@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ 34 34 (% style="width:800px" %) 35 35 |{{lightbox image="ah2kt02.jpg"/}}|{{lightbox image="ah2kt.jpg"/}}|{{lightbox image="ah2ca-kt.jpg"/}}|{{lightbox image="ah203kt.jpg"/}} 36 36 39 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 40 += Specifications = 41 + 42 +* Servo motion control = local closed loop 43 +* Steering = Differential 44 +* Number of legs = 6 45 +* Degrees of freedom per leg = 2 46 +* Motion speed = up to ~~10"/S 47 +* Height (body) = 3.00" 48 +* Height (overall) = up to 6.00" 49 +* Width (body) = 3.50" 50 +* Width (overall) = 7.00" (legs straight) 51 +* Length (body) = 13.00" 52 +* Length (overall) = 14.50" 53 +* Weight (w/out batteries) = 3lb 5oz. 54 +* Ground clearance = up to 4.00" 55 + 37 37 = User Guide = 38 38 39 39 **General**