Spiderbot is an esp8266 Micropython powered Six Legged Robot. In this video, after making a few fixes I work on a few gaits - a Sideways crab gait, a Leg-By-Leg spider type gait, and a fast effective ant-gait. See the first part of this at: https://youtu.be/zkpAzFWNzk4 The code on github: https://github.com/orionrobots/esp8266_video_series/tree/master/spiderbot If you'd like to contribute to me and my videos, and for exclusive perks take a look at my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/orionrobots (If I get enough supporters - Ads are the first thing that will go!) To help with translations and transcriptions please use: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCVllQ0CH357h7jTpzLB9hCA The music used in this video is my own. There are no paid product placements in this video. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qb_wa9hWxw

Another soldering session, with Q & A, where Helena did her first soldering, a slice of pi io board. Talking Electronics, soldering, robotics, CNC, Raspberry pi, Arduino, esp8266, 3d printing, making and code. I can't guarantee I can answer everything, but it'll be fun trying. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRF0kzrXNXM

An update on the Mini toolkit for robotics, and then I unbox the Incra Tiny-T rule, a metal ruler with graduations that let you draw through with sub-millimeter precision, and might act as a reasonable substitute for A Try Square. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zIeGKF8uBM

I applied for an Element 14 Roadtest - reviewing the Maxrefdes #143, a reference design from Maxim for secure IoT nodes. This is also my first outing with the mbed platform, which was a very pleasant surprise. The mbed compiler online was fantastic, saving the usual rigmarole of getting yet another development environment to work. It's web based, has great examples built in (much like the Arduino set up), and offers a very neat and simple workflow - although it would be nice if it didn't all land in your "Downloads" folder and you could "save as" to a project folder with the local binaries. The example code specific to the board was easy to load into the compiler, although some issues mentioned were around having the shield plugged in when trying to upload new code - the sensors and modules on the shield perhaps pulled too much power. Links: MaxRefDes 143 Documentation: https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/reference-design-center/system-board/6295.html - do look under the design resources tab - it's beautiful. MBed compiler: https://developer.mbed.org/compiler (log in required) MaxRefDes #143 Road Test: https://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/1690 (including info on the device, and on other road tests) To help with translating and transcribing my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCVllQ0CH357h7jTpzLB9hCA Support me on Patreon - so I can remove ads and make more videos: https://www.patreon.com/orionrobots (ps there are perks for supporters!) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIdY5x551VM