You may be familiar with the Hexbug Spider, a small electronic robot toy sold at Target and Walmart for $20. You can see the OpenCV-controlled Hexbug in action after the break, along with a video build log with showing everyone how to tear apart one of these robot toys.Ĭontinue reading “Giving The Hexbug Spider A Set Of Eyes” → Posted in Toy Hacks Tagged hexbug, hexbug spider, opencv Turning The Hexbug Spider Into A Line-following Robot It’s a neat build, and surprisingly nimble for a $20 plastic hexapod robot. The smartphone app detects a user-selectable hue – in this case a little Android toy robot – and sends commands to the MSP430-powered motor control board over the headphone jack to move the legs. This time, instead of a few LEDs, turned to an Android smartphone running an OpenCV-based app. Previously, we’ve seen turn a Hexbug spider into a line following robot with a pair of IR LEDs and a drop-in replacement motor driver.
With a few extra parts, though, it can become a vastly more powerful robotics platform, as shows us with his experiments with a Hexbug and OpenCV. There is a spoiler flair button and spoiler button for marking posts.The Hexbug Spider is a neat little robot toy available at just about any Target or Walmart for about $20. Please use spoiler tags in line with the subreddit policy and not for other reasons such as a reveal for the punchlines of jokes. Please respect the subreddit spoiler policy by not getting ahead of the subreddit in your discussion or pouring scorn on people who are naturally talking about an aired episode in line with the subreddit's schedule.
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