• Long-nose pliers
• Diagonal cutter
• Some wire for connecting the parts
Most of these parts are available in the
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/5]
section
of the Pololu web site. A hot glue gun is available at most craft stores for a few dollars.
Update:
The case for
[http://www.pololu.com/catalog/
has changed slightly since this sample project was written. Versions
shipping now have solid black cases instead of transparent blue ones and a portion
of the top plane on the opposite side of the output shaft is now slanted rather than
completely flat, but they still work as simple hexapod robot actuators as described
in this project. The pictures below show the two version side by side, with the old
version on the left and the new version on the right.
Sample Project: Simple Hexapod Walker
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