I got most the hack of the Hexbug Spider done last night, but broke one of the battery wires where it connected to the board. I checked the robot out by holding the wire to where it connects to the board, and the robot moved, so I figured all I needed to do was to solder it back onto the board, then aim the infared sensor and led. But it was late and decided to go to bed and finish it today.

I got back to it this afternoon and managed to solder the wire onto the board. I…

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This low-cost hack ($44.30 including the cost of the Hexbug spider) converts the remote control toy into a C programmable autonomous robot with a IR range sensor "eye" and a TI MSP430G2231 16bit brain.  After this hack the robot will be able to turn left or right and walk…

Each robot has been modified with the EMGRobotics MSP430G2553RCB available from (www.buildsmartrobots.com).

Instructions for hacking the HexBug Spider can be found…

This low-cost hack ($44.30 including the cost of the Hexbug spider) converts the remote control toy into a C programmable autonomous robot with a IR range sensor "eye" and a TI MSP430G2231 16bit brain.  After this hack the robot will be able to turn left or right and walk…

 EMGRobotics Low-Cost Robot Controller ($10.00)…

HEXBUG Spider from Innovation First

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Build a $30.00 - Multicore 16bit C programmable walking robot

By Eric Gregori

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