Clear Crawler

By Andrew Gregory. Posted

Jeremy Cook has been making versions of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests for years – here’s the latest iteration. It’s made of a clear polycarbonate frame designed in a 2D CAD package called DraftSight. It’s powered by two motors (one for each side), tank style.

The Clear Crawler is also radio-controlled, with an Arduino Nano as the on-board controller, and an Arduino Uno and joystick as the remote control unit. The two Arduinos connect through a pair of nRF24L01+ radio modules.

More videos showing how the Clear Crawler was made can be found on Jeremy's YouTube channel.

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