Legged robot with dynamixel servos

The goal of this project is to explore the development of several types of legged robots, e.g. quadruped and hexapod.

As a starting point we will use digital dynamixel servos and the controller used with Bioloid's kit.
The main objective is to study the limitations of such hardware for the development of a legged robot, so that we can expand its features and improve its characteristics.

In this work we will:

• Design a legged robot
• Study hardware limitations on:
  • Servo actuation
  • Processing power
  • Sensory information
  • Bandwith and refresh rate
• Improve robot characteristics
  • Design new structure harware using fast prototyping techniques
  • Apply new sensors and electronic hardware
  • Develop new processing controller