Building

Electronics preparation

1. Flash and configure the motor drivers with our specific firmware and settings. Refer to motor driver flashing instructions for details.

2. Flash the control board with our firmware. Refer to Flashing control board for instructions.

Hardware preparation

1. Use a soldering iron at 250c to insert the threaded inserts into all appropriate holes in the printed parts.

2. Glue squash balls to the lower legs using super glue.

3. Remove the lens holder from the camera and replace it with the short lens holder and fisheye lens.

4. If your camera is not focused, focus the camera by attaching it to the Raspberry Pi 5 (see OS Installation), using rpicam-hello application to view the camera feed, and adjusting the lens until the image is clear.

Hardware assembly

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CAD

• Onshape CAD model

• Fusion 360 model