MennoGorter's Spiders Run w/PF & Mindstorms

[DLuders]

Here's a GIGANTIC Lego Power Functions/NXT ARAGNA Extreme Spider Walker Robot by Menno Gorter. It measures 32 inches (80 cm) in diameter and weighs 14 pounds (6.5 kilos)! The

displays it's awesome capabilities:

"This is a video of PF/NXT-Aragna in it's present state. In fact PF/NXT-Aragna became the missing link between Thunderbirds, Moonbase, Star-wars, Mars-mission, Star-trek, Space-police and the Jetsons. :-) In order to fit Spybotics-spider in it's hangar I had to make the PF/NXT-Aragna a bit wider. This weakened the superstructure, so I had to reinforce it. Together with the interior it became 1 Kilo heavier!

"The total weight of 6,5 Kilo's is really the edge, for this model. I prefer to call my creations Techa, as a combination of non-agressive Mecha and Lego-Technic.

"Maybe you've seen already some of my bigger walkers on my Brickshelf.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Menno-Gorter/Events/LEGOWORLD/2007-Legoworld/barman_p1020510_web.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Menno-Gorter/Events/LEGOWORLD/2005-Legoworld/2005_my_stand_at_legoworld.jpg

"This beast is my first big one without pneumatics and is also my first with Mindstorms in combination with Lego Power Functions. After doing nothing for a while with the NXT this is my firtst project since 2007, and my sixth NXT project overall. At this moment I do have enough stuff and ideas to make it 9...."

MennoGorter posted a

of a smaller, more nimble Omni-directional Spider robot.

He has Brickshelf gallery that show pictures of various walking spiders over the years.

Edited October 1, 2010 by DLuders

[bricked one]

I think I like how the smaller one turned out better than the big one.