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Phoenix – the spooky insect robot overlord prototype

Posted by m1k3y on March 11th, 2008 in DIY, robots

Harry writes in to bring our attention to the February winner of the Trossen Robotics Contest. Behold the spookily insectoid gait of the Phoenix:

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Inspired now? Want to build know how they built it? Well here’s some of the details.

thanks Harry!

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