Bionic Hexapod Robot

A multi-terrain six-legged robot for education, research and creative projects. It runs on an STM32 with 18 high-torque servos and can walk, turn, crab-walk, dance and run 24 preset actions. A dedicated Android app and a wireless remote control it.

Red 3D-printed six-legged robot with a black body cover standing on a tiled floor next to a cardboard box
Red hexapod build on the floor
Side view of the red hexapod standing on a blue anti-static mat on a workbench, with a power supply and soldering station behind it
On the workbench
Hands plugging servo cables into a blue STM32 board mounted in a white 3D-printed hexapod frame
Wiring the servos to the controller board
Top view of a white 3D-printed hexapod with purple servos in every leg and the controller board in the center
White frame build, controller board in the body

Tech stack

Main controller
STM32F407 (STM32F4 series)
Actuators
18 high-torque metal servos; 24 servo channels on the board
Sensors
MPU6050 IMU; optional radar / camera
Control
Bluetooth Android app and wireless remote
Power
3S Li-ion battery (11.1 V) with voltage monitoring
Firmware
Inverse kinematics, multi-gait algorithms with PID control, IMU attitude estimation, 24 preset actions
Structure
3D-printed modular frame

What we built

  • Mechanical design of the six-leg, 18-DOF frame
  • PCB design with 24 servo interfaces
  • Wireless control and battery voltage monitoring
  • Embedded software: gait control, sensor processing, 24 preset actions
  • Android app for remote control, mode switching, action selection and parameter tuning

Development time

20 days

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