Robot Living

Phoenix by KÃ¥re Halvorsen is a hexapod robot and the winner of the most recent Trossen Robotics contest.

The robot has a very fluid and lifelike motion that helps give it a creepy persona. Watch out for the rise of the spiderbots.

This beautiful robot sports the following hardware:

• 12 x Hitec HS645 MG servo
• 6 x Hitec HS475 HB servo
• SSC-32 servo controller
• BlueSMIRF from SparkFun bluetooth interface

Check out the robots fluid motion in this video.

Also see the robot sport a pen and write a message in this video.

See all the winners from the contest here.

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