Freenove (China) Freenove Big Hexapod Robot Kit (1)

$169.99Kit only; Raspberry Pi board and four 18650 cells not included (Freenove store, 2026). Year based on the GitHub repository (Aug 2020).

AvailableBudgetRaspberry PiOpen sourcePWM servos

≤ 1 weekShipping: 2–5 days (Amazon). Sold on Amazon US and the Freenove store; batteries and Raspberry Pi bought separately. Freenove store ↗

Freenove store ↗GitHub ↗

Overview

The cheapest serious hexapod kit, an acrylic-and-servo spider that turns a Raspberry Pi into a walking robot with camera streaming, face recognition and IMU self-balancing. All code and tutorials are published on GitHub. The trade-off is plain PWM hobby servos with no position feedback, so gaits are less refined than on bus-servo kits.

Specifications

Category	Multi-legged robots · Hobby hexapod kits
Released	2020
Availability	Available
Programmability	Open source (hardware + software)
Best for	Ages 12+ (estimated)
Vision sensors	Camera, Sonar / ultrasonic
Actuators	Hobby servos
Audio	No audio
Compute type	Raspberry Pi
Compute	Raspberry Pi (5/4B/3B+ recommended; not included), two PCA9685 PWM driver chips
Weight	Not published
Speed	Not published
Legs / DOF	6 legs × 3 DOF = 18 hobby servos, plus camera servos
Sensors	Camera, ultrasonic ranger, IMU (self-balancing), battery voltage sensing, LEDs
SDK	Open-source Python server/client code on GitHub; Freenove Android/iOS app; desktop client for Windows/macOS/Linux