FIGURE 16. Bioloid CM-530 ARM Cortex
STM32F103RE controller.
FIGURE 17.
Hovis Lite
toolBox case.
screws that were a bit too short, but I
just left out one of the plastic shims in
each wrist and it worked just fine. I
also found it helpful to place a tiny
masking tape tag on each connected
three- or four-conductor cable on both
of the robots, as it sometimes became
difficult to determine which wire went
to which servo or sensor when the
chest plate was attached to hide
them.
Robot Comparison
In many ways, a direct
comparison of the two robots is not
fair as they have different capabilities,
processors, and other factors.
However, a comparison is inevitable as
these two robots are the only
intelligent servo bipedal robot kits
currently on the market. Both robots
use a high strength plastic for the
molded brackets. Both companies
offered high quality castings and the
nut insert’s variously located holes
make them very versatile. With
strength close to what you might find
in bent sheet metal aluminum
brackets, these plastic brackets work
just fine. The extra brackets, plates,
and fasteners found in each of the kits
allow an experimenter an almost
unlimited number of different designs.
FIGURE 18. Hovis-Herkulex ATMega
128 controller.
FIGURE 19. Bioloid and Hovis Lite.
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