ScottBot is an autonomous robot that I made for my highschool senior project. ScottBot basically walks around and avoids obstacles (for now). It has four legs and three degrees of freedom per leg. I machined the legs out of alluminum with a CNC machine at my highschool. The body is cut out from acrylic. For motion I am using four ultra-torque metal-geared servos on the highest load bearing positions, four high-torque servos, and four run-of-the-mill standard servos. For electronics, I am using a BASIC Stamp 2SX, with a Next Step carrier board from Lynxmotion, and 2 mini SSC's controlling all twelve servos. And an Infra Red Proximity Detector from Lynxmotion is guiding the robot away from obstacles. The only big problems encountered, were the strength of the servos, because originally I had standard servos on all twelve positions. It became evident that they were not strong enough to support ScottBot, so I bought high-toque ones for some positions, and ultra-torque ones where needed. Balance problems also plagued me while developing a walking gait, so I finally developed a gait that shifts the weight of the body over the legs supporting it when one leg lifts up. Dimensions: 10in length by 7in width by 4.5in depth Weight: 4lbs 15oz Time to build: About 6 months or 200 hours, including design time Cost: 700 US dollars Seeing My Robot Walk For The First Time: Priceless If you would like more information visit my website, www.scottbot.tk, or e-mail me at robot@scottbot.tk. Thanks for looking. Email: robot@scottbot.tk