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NXT Robotics

 

Turtle

 

Made only with NXT set parts.

 

Built in April, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two motors drive left and right legs to walk and turn, just like a differential drive mobile robot.

The third motor is the head itself and can move inwards.

Varying a bit the shield design, the ultrasonic sensor can be added.

    

Walking motors drive with a gear ratio of 8:24 a gear train that moves eccentrically the legs,

     moving them in circle up forward, down and backward .

The motor-head shaft is connected to the chassis with two 5-long beams:

     a few degrees rotation brings the head under the shield.

 

 

 
     
   

 

Additional material

 

 

CAD rendering of the Turtle

Video of the turtle walking (legs are a bit out of sync) (3,58MB)