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6. Suggested Modifications and Improvements

Here are some ideas for improvements or modifications that could be made to the hexapod design:

• More complicated scripted behaviors – help your hexapod get out of stuck situations more reliably.

• More robust sensor readings. The example code only read the sensors once after each sequence – can you

do better than that, and detect obstacles sooner?

• Alternative servos – the entire design could be scaled up.

• A power switch so that the battery does not have to be unplugged over and over.

• Boost regulation [http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/791] for consistent power from a more compact

(lithium?) battery.

• QTR sensors [http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/958] for line following or table-edge detection.

• Light sensors for light-seeking or dark-seeking behaviors.

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