EyeBot Walker

EyeBot is the heart of several mobile robot projects, all of them using vision as their most prominent sensor. The mechanics and sensor electronics has been individually constructed around the EyeBot controller.

12 servos driven by EyeBot
2 infra-red PSD sensors
mechanics 1st generation from Waldemar Spädt
mechanics 2nd generation from Lynxmotion
Walker MPG movie 1 (14 MB)
Walker MPG movie 2 (13 MB)

Walker Specific Settings

MK3 version (view from top)

         / \ (head)
leg 5 --+---+-- leg 6
        |   |
leg 3 --+   +-- leg 4
        |   |
leg 1 --+---+-- leg 2


Channel    Connector  Function
------------------------------------------------
TPU  0-1   Motor A/B  not used

TPU  2-3   S1,  S2    leg 1 front/back - up/down
TPU  4-5   S3,  S4    leg 2
TPU  6-7   S5,  S6    leg 3
TPU  8-9   S7,  S8    leg 4
TPU 10-11  S9,  S10   leg 5
TPU 12-13  S11, S12   leg 6

TPU 14     --         PSD infrared
TPU 15     --         audio out

Thomas Bräunl