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	MPEG Videos (In the "old days" I would indicate the movie size because we used to connect by 56k modem!) - forward movement (913 KB) - forward/backward movement (766 KB) - sharp turn (970 KB) - slow turn (1,093 KB) - claw/tail movement (1,239 KB)

	Pictures This toy comes from the same company that makes Cyber Spider. However, it is much improved- bigger, better built and more powerful. I bought mine from www.hsn.com.You can't beat the $25 dollar pricing. It makes a great mechanical base for adding your own custom electronics.

	Here's the Cyber Scorpion in comparison to my other walkers.

	This is actually the infrared hand controller for controlling the Cyber Scorpion. With this controller, you can move forward, backward, left, right, open/close claws, move the tail, playback movements, etc. It does a lot! It has many more features than the older Cyber Spider walker design from the same company.

	Side View - the length from the front to the back of the curled up tail is about 13 inches.

	Isometric View - the width of the leg stance is around 7.5 inches.


	Back View - the plastics used are much better than on the Cyber Spider. The Cyber Spider had brittle plastic coated with some type of chrome. The plastic used on the Cyber Scorpion are tougher and have much better detail.

	The Cyber Scorpion base is powered by 6 AA size batteries- more than the 4 AAA size batteries used to power the Cyber Spider. Also, the plastic molding for the battery holders is much better than the Cyber Spider. On the older Cyber Spider, the AAA batteries didn't make correct contact with the battery holder terminals due to some plastic tolerance issues.

	Here's the Cyber Scorpion torn apart. My goal is to strip it down to the bare mechanics so that I can add my own electronics later. For those who are much more curious about the included electronics, there's an IR sensor, some motor driver circuitry and a small chip-on-board processor most likely for sound and motion recording/playback. For those who have time, the board could be reversed engineered and things like the existing motor driver could be interfaced to some custom processor. However, I just plan on using a standard dual h-bridge motor chip.

	Here's the robot stripped down to the bare essentials required for walking. I've removed the 2 geared motors that control the tail and claws to reduce weight. Only two motors remain- one for controlling the group of 4 legs on the right side and one for controlling the group of 4 legs on the left side. With just two motors, the walker is capable of full directional control. The gait is the exact same gait used on the Cyber Spider so I won't go into any details here. Go see the Cyber Spider section to find out the basics of how to control the movements using the dual motors. This is going to make a great base for adding custom electronics and sensors!