Wheeled and tracked robots are easy mode, and thanks to some helpful online tutorials for inverse kinematics, building quadruped, hexapod, and octopod robots is getting easier and easier. [deshipu]… ...

They’ve created a robotic controller that allows a quadruped robot to walk across a thin beam. The four-legged robot can balance on just two legs and walk heel-toe.

Hexapod robot Watch this video on YouTube. “I designed, built, and programmed an Arduino powered hexapod from scratch over the last 3 months, and this video takes you through that journey!

[Greg06’s] robot has a quadruped based, housed within a 3D printed spherical body. The legs are retractable and are actuated by tiny servo motors inside the body.

Spiders have also been the inspiration for all manner of horrible robo-creatures including a robot that is capable of crawling up walls using magnetic feet.