Cha Cha Tarantula – Nicasie Designs

Cha Cha Tarantula

This was a project in my first year of DAE where we learned about Arduino and I taught myself some basics of 3D-printing to create a moving creature. The idea was to make some sort of dancing spider to make spiders a bit more cute and hopefully make them a tiny bit less scary in people’s eyes!

It was definitely a challenge to create something actually moving, when I had never done anything before that. But I have thoroughly enjoyed this and would love to experiment more with it in the future!

First leg prototype

First 3D print prototype

First prototype of housing for the arduino

Prototype housing for the legs.

Final legs

A mechanism of ropes and a rotating motor which pulled the legs

Cut a body and head out of foam

I would have loved to spend more time on the texture of the outside of the spider, but I sadly did not have enough time to pursue that. But all in all, I am quite proud of the result.

The mechanism working upside down

Finished in Jun 2023

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