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](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/PB069253.jpg)
A little bit of Aluminalis begins to take shape
![Work in progress on the bench](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/PB039172.jpg)
Work in progress on the bench
![Aluminalis linkages from the back side](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/PB039178.jpg)
Aluminalis linkages from the back side
![Two legs of sixteen to come](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/PB039188.jpg)
2 legs of 16 to come
![Top of two leg section](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/PB039235.jpg)
Top of a 2-leg section
![Top View showing the 8 legs of one side, plus the thorax in the middle.](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0338.jpg)
Top view showing the 8 legs on one side, plus the thorax in the middle.
![Side View](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0335.jpg)
End view showing the drive gears and 8 legs
![Front view of one Side](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0333.jpg)
Front view of one side
![Close Up of the Linkages](https://beatty-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0341.jpg)
Close up of the linkages and the central crank shaft