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Bing - A Walking Biped

I've always been interested in biped walking robots. This interest led to a a project to build one in 2000.  Interest was rekindled in 2004 after seeing the Robo-One robots at Robolympics 2004.  Building Bing is a highly interesting and complicated task.
 

 Bing 3      December 2006 - Present


Once again, Bing has come to life as I try to get the third iteration of Bing ready to go!

Bing 3    

Progress Reports:

Bing 3 is being documented on the discussion board robosavvy.com.

Click here for the thread

 Bing - The False Start      March 2005 - July 2005


I learned a lot building Bing 1, and it got me fired up to work on a sequel, which I started in early 2005.  A shortage of servos led me to suspend my efforts for a while, then my mind wandered to a different hobby for a while.

What Might Have Bing  

Progress Reports:

May 2, 2005: Disaster!
April 24, 2005: Foot Electronics
April 21, 2005: Servo gears
April 17, 2005: Steps on the path
April 10, 2005: So it begins
April 3, 2005: Planning and scheming

 Bing 2      March 2004 - February 2005


Bing 2 was my first effort at building a robot for the Japanese Robo-One competition.

Bing

Mechanical System: 25 digital servos
Electronic System: MPC555 microcontroller and PicoBytes PicoPic servo controller

Build Report

A couple videos:

Simple Maneuvers
Right Turn
Fast Walking and Falling
Big Step
 

 Bing      August 2000 - December 2000


Originally designed with the idea of competing in Trinity College's Fire Fighting Contest, Bing 2000 was never finished.  Its web pages are still available for general amusement though.

Bing 2000

Mechanical System: 12 analog servos
Electronic System: 2x MPC555 microcontroller

Diary

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