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ClearCrawler Strandbeeest walks under Arduino control

Arduino Team — December 3rd, 2019

Maker Jeremy S. Cook has been building Theo Jansen-style walkers for literally years, and after several iterations has come up with what he calls the “ClearCrawler.” 

This little guy stands at just over 15 inches tall — including its comparatively large clear cylindrical head — and travels around via a pair of motors that move four legs on either side like tank treads.

For control, Cook is using an Arduino Nano onboard, along with a motor driver, plus an Uno and joystick shield as the remote unit. Communication between the two is accomplished by a pair of nRF24L01+ radio modules. 

Code for the project is available on GitHub, and the build is split up into an electronics and mechanical section in the videos below.

Boards:NanoUno
Categories:ArduinoFeaturedRobots

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2 Responses to “ClearCrawler Strandbeeest walks under Arduino control”

  1. Jan-Thijn Says:
    February 17th, 2020 at 22:06:17

    Hi, im interested if u would like to share your dxf file for the lasercutting? Please hit me up or reply to me!

  2. Jan-Thijn Says:
    February 17th, 2020 at 22:06:39

    Hi, im interested if u would like to share your dxf file for the lasercutting? Please hit me up or reply to me.

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