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K'nex Walking Robot Creature Component

by reachandteach

Based upon and inspired by the Knex-o-saurus
construction kit, I wanted to create a robot creature
walking component that instead used a standard
motor and commonly available K'nex parts. What
resulted is this robot creature that you can easily build
upon to make your own creation. It's movement can
be easily hand tuned but in its current form, it
definitely displays it's own unique character as you
can see in the video. Hope you like this and build it
yourself.

https://youtu.be/_pgulJ8_ak0

Step 1: Parts Required for This Build

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Step 2: Motor Chassis, Shaft, and Support for Rear Legs

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Step 3: Leg Components

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Step 4: Full Leg Assembly

The back and front leg assemblies are connected with a white rod, blue spacer, and two black snap caps.

Step 5: This Is What You Have So Far

At this point you have two leg assemblies and a motor chassis. In the next step, we will connect all of this together.

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Step 6: Install the Legs Onto the Motor Chassis

The legs are installed by snapping the grey two way connector of the leg assembly onto the red rod that passes
through the motor. The rear red rod passes through the center hole of the yellow 5-way connector and is anchored
with a black snap cap. TIP: Install the two gray connectors at different angles to change how the mechanical
creature moves.

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Step 7: ...And We're Done!

This component is a great basis for a variety of robotic creatures. Please share with me how you use it!

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