14 DAY TRIAL // Robots may not be especially graceful when it comes to walking, unlike flying (as paradoxical as it sounds), but they can still trudge well enough. That was sufficient for Instructables user schu51, who is sharing a method anyone can use to create a walking robot.
Behold the 3D printed mechanical walking robot toy which is known by no other name than 3D printed mechanical walking robot toy... which means, we suppose, that you can name it whatever you want, like Oranginalophius, since it's so orange. Or at least the original proof of concept is.
Not that you have to make it orange. It depends on what paint you like best, assuming you don't just leave it in the color of the filament you use for the 3D printed parts.
Yes, the robot really is completely 3D printed, except for the internal mechanical parts, which you need to buy yourself.
150 grit sandpaper will be required to remove the excess plastic from the 3D printed sections, and some Weld-On is necessary too for reducing the striation. After you've coated the parts enough to make them smooth and glossy, you can prime and paint the robot.
The robot is about 20 inches / 500 mm tall, but you can make it smaller, a third of the scale (8 inches / 200 mm). Head to Instructables for the, well, instructions.
