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Re: Cheap bipedal robot

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Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
No, I wouldn't buy one, but it's the simplicty of the construction that amazes me. I would try to build one myself first. It looks like you could practically build it without anything more than a hand drill and some sheet metal snips. The speed seems amazing, but that's just how fast servos move with a low load like that. Just try some of the kit of parts servos, they are about that fast.
Yeah, but it has something like 17 servos. Good luck finding a tiny controller that can deal with that easily. Well, actually, they probably exist and I doubt that they would be ridiculously expensive. And then you could add some rotational accelerometers for balance, and all sorts of fun stuff.
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