WalkerBot was built for: 2.007 - Design and Manufacturing I. The class presented an "Az-Tech" design challenge where students had to build robots that scored points by either throwing a ball through a hoop or placing a codex at the top of a stepped pyramid. Additional constraints were placed on how robots could move; for example, extra points were awarded if the robot didn't use any wheels.
For this challenge, I built a 6-legged walking robot with an extensible arm that could pick up and place a codex at the top of the pyramid. Simple prototypes of the arm and leg mechanisms were built and refined before the finished product was assembled.
