Aluminalis is a 16-legged walking robot that we are designing and building out of custom aluminum linkages and crankshafts. We will provide much more detail about the design, name, and behavior of this little creature as we go along, but for now, here are some very rough pictures.

Aluminalis begins to take shape

A little bit of Aluminalis begins to take shape

Work in progress on the bench

Work in progress on the bench

Aluminalis linkages from the back side

Aluminalis linkages from the back side

Two legs of sixteen to come

2 legs of 16 to come

Top of two leg section

Top of a 2-leg section

Top View showing the 8 legs of one side, plus the thorax in the middle.

Top view showing the 8 legs on one side, plus the thorax in the middle.

Side View

End view showing the drive gears and 8 legs

Front view of one Side

Front view of one side

Close Up of the Linkages

Close up of the linkages and the central crank shaft