This gives the robot strong ant credentials, above and beyond being simply a 3D printed lookalike. Brains come courtesy of an Arduino Mega, chosen for its ability to control a large number of servos.

If you are looking for a weekend Arduino project to keep you busy you might be interested in this cute little Insectbot Arduino based 2-servo walker robot kit. The Insectbot has been built using ...

Now, a Harvard team has created a similar semi-soft robot inspired by insects that is made using ... guided by an Arduino microcontroller. With eight legs, the team was bumping up against the ...

Inspired by arthropod insects and spiders, scientists George Whitesides and Alex Nemiroski have created a type of semi-soft robot capable of walking ... “We put together a microcontroller run by ...

Whether its rodents, insects ... the project is driven by an Arduino Nano. Hooked up to three sets of ultrasonic transducers, this gives the robot mouse much improved obstacle avoidance abilities ...

Arduino is now offering a fully-assembled robot, designed as a base platform for electronics tinkerers' DIY robotics projects. Its hardware and software are open-source, and designed to be hacked.

The insect robot takes less than an hour to build and ... or add to that code using programming software, including WhenDo, Arduino IDE, and Scratch. The company hopes to inspire kids to learn ...

A new robot snake kit has been created by Nevon Project which is powered using the Arduino Mega microcontroller and is equipped with 12 servos for locomotion and to control its 12 segments.