Clear Crawler
By Andrew Gregory. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Jeremy Cook has been making versions of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests for years – here’s the latest iteration. It’s made of a clear polycarbonate frame designed in a 2D CAD package called DraftSight. It’s powered by two motors (one for each side), tank style.
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The Clear Crawler is also radio-controlled, with an Arduino Nano as the on-board controller, and an Arduino Uno and joystick as the remote control unit. The two Arduinos connect through a pair of nRF24L01+ radio modules.
More videos showing how the Clear Crawler was made can be found on Jeremy's YouTube channel.
Features Editor Andrew trawls the internet for Cool Stuff while keeping the magazine running smoothly.
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