Adventures in Robotics

"Kadjobot" Insectoid

Kadjobot (named after its designer, David Kadjo) is a basic insect walker designed to explore the capabilities of a walker over standard wheeled vehicles. "Kadjobot" was only a tenetive name, but has become the official name, through repetative overuse. I personally believe that the robot name should give credit to its creator.

As with all projects, David Kadjo had to present his proposal to NMTRC. He gave a marvelous presentation, which included a handout and several crudely drawn pictures.

Here, Kadjo is demonstrating the "alternating step" walking system that he planned on employing.

Kadjo also had a prototype motor control system to present. Amazingly, the entire system will work like an interpretive wheel system, with a 555 timer setting up the pulse-width modulation for the servos. Two servos will be used for each leg.

Kadjo is not only the design/development team for this project. He is also the fabrication/construction team. Here, Kadjo is drilling mounting holes into a 0.125" acrylic board, which will become the main platform of the robot.

Kadjobot was one of the first projects tackled by the new NMTRC. Furthermore, it is also one of our most unique. Kudos to Kadjo for masterminding such a beautiful machine. If you haven't noticed, however, much is still left undone in this project. We'll have more pictures as soon as they develop.