ant robot making
- 1. 6 legged animal robot mechanism by deekshit Kumar 14mmt1027
- 2. THEME: To make a model of 6 legged ant mechanism. To which the motion should be in form similar to ant. REFERENCE: • It is the mechanism taken reference from Theo Jansen mechanism. • Theo Jansen has gave a motion for klenn mechanism by making a model of 6 legged animal mechanism.
- 3. Parts used to make the ant robot: • Battery holder • Gear motor • Make it kit as base • Drinking straw • Aluminium wire • 1 terminal block of 4 mm • 2 bolts, nuts and lock nuts
- 4. How to prepare ant robot? - Take the make it kit 12-14 holes link. - The link which we used is the frame for the robot. - Screws and nuts are fitted at the extreme positions of link. - In between screw and nut keep a straw in order to get balance between screw and nut. - Use dc hobby gear motor of 100 RPM and fit the motor into one of the holes of link. It will be better if we choose centre of the link.
- 5. - Prepare the links/legs for ant of front end and rear end. - Prepare links/legs for the middle of the robot these links should be individual links and it should be attached with dc motor. - Use terminal block and connect it to the end of rotor output of dc motor. - From terminal block insert crank in it. - Connect the middle legs to crank. - Make a link from front to rear end and from front end to crank.
- 6. - Use battery holder and connect the connections from battery holder to dc hobby motor. - It finally produces ant walking mechanism which middle legs drive the front link and from front to rear connected link drives the rear end.
- 7. How linkage mechanism works in this ant robot? - Terminal block and crank are the main keys for converting rotational motion into linear motion. - Middle legs which are made in such a form to connect the crank. - Overall 3 links are connected to crank in which 2 middle legs and 1 link of front end to it. - One more link is from front end to rear end.
- 8. - Now we can clearly visualise the mechanism. - The crank when starts rotating from terminal block it moves the middle legs and it drives the front end. - Front end which is already linked with rear drives the motion automatically as the front moves the rear link starts moving. - This is the overall mechanism of 6 legged ant robot.
- 9. Working pics of ant robot
- 10. Conclusion: To make a 6 legged ant mechanism with a basis of theo jansen mechanism.