DEVLOG 01 - Laying the foundations
Am starting Auto-Hexa, a long-term Project to build a modular, Autonomous, and upgradeable hexapod robot.

Before designing my own robot, I decided to study CHICA FROM MakeYourPet to understand how a 18-DOF hexapod is actually built.

My first mistake was mixing up chica and chipo parts, so i simplified things and decided to use chica only as my mechanical reference. lol

i also started learning FreeCAD, which came with its own learning curve, STL files were a pain in the asss to assemble, i flipping spent 1hours mapping and selecting the 484848 of triangles try to assemble the parts omg, until i discovered STEP FILES lol.

Then i began assembling the first leg. I initially misunderstood how the coxa connects, and my first revolute joint didnt move because i was changing the wrong setting. After figuring out the correct joint rotation, I finally got the servo moving around the servo shaft!!!!!,

THE FEELING I GOT OMG, THE SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT I FELT WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL!!

ok so What I learned:

• step is much easier to work with for assemblies
• i shudnt clutter stl and step files of different bots tgt lol
• joint axed and mounting points matter