They’ve created a robotic controller that allows a quadruped robot to walk across a thin beam. The four-legged robot can balance on just two legs and walk heel-toe.

Hexapod robot Watch this video on YouTube. “I designed, built, and programmed an Arduino powered hexapod from scratch over the last 3 months, and this video takes you through that journey!

Wheeled and tracked robots are easy mode, and thanks to some helpful online tutorials for inverse kinematics, building quadruped, hexapod, and octopod robots is getting easier and easier. [deshipu]… ...

[Greg06’s] robot has a quadruped based, housed within a 3D printed spherical body. The legs are retractable and are actuated by tiny servo motors inside the body.

Spiders have also been the inspiration for all manner of horrible robo-creatures including a robot that is capable of crawling up walls using magnetic feet.