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title: "Hexapod Explorer"
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# 388 precision laser-cut pieces spring-powered, zero electronics variable speed control dial Hexapod Explorer

**Brand:** ugears
**Price:** € 118.12
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🦗 Unlock your inner engineer with the Hexapod Explorer—where nature meets next-level mechanics!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Hexapod Explorer by ugears
- **How much does it cost?** € 118.12 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- ugears enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted ugears brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Customize Your Crawl:** Adjust speed on the fly from slow creep to rapid skitter with an intuitive dial on the hexapod’s head.
- • **Walks Like a Real Bug:** Navigate up to 3 meters over rough terrain with authentic six-legged motion—no wheels needed.
- • **Pure Mechanical Engineering:** Powered solely by a metal spring motor, blending classic mechanics with modern design—no batteries required.
- • **Build Your Own Robotic Explorer:** Challenge yourself with an 8-hour, 388-piece assembly that sharpens concentration, patience, and problem-solving skills.
- • **The Ultimate Gift for Makers & Nature Lovers:** Perfect for professionals who crave hands-on creativity and a connection to nature-inspired robotics.

## Overview

The UGEARS Hexapod Explorer is a sophisticated 3D wooden puzzle kit featuring 388 laser-cut pieces and a spring-powered motor that enables lifelike six-legged walking up to 3 meters. With a variable speed dial and no electronic components, it offers an immersive, hands-on building experience ideal for adults seeking a challenging, educational hobby that combines robotics, nature, and mechanical engineering.

## Description

UGEARS Hexapod Explorer is the coolest crawler in 3D Puzzle space. Our new model kit is an intriguing combo of a wooden robot, an insect and an extraterrestrial rover. Driven by a powerful spring motor, the Hexapod Explorer can walk up to 3 meters on its own legs, without need of an auxiliary or supporting wheel like other models have.
It walks: This wooden robot toy walks up to 10 feet (3 m) on its own on even slightly rough terrain without any auxiliary wheels.
Variable speed dial: You can make your robobug creep, crawl, or skitter at any speed you want.
Pure mechanics and zero electronic components: This model is powered by a metal spring.

## Features

- Real Walking Action On 6 Legs DIY Kit: Watch wooden puzzle model kit robot walk up to 3 meters without wheels, navigating rough terrain and stepping over 1-2cm obstacles like a real insect
- Variable Speed Control Dial: Adjust wooden models to build adults hexapod from slow creep to fast skitter with the speed dial on its head - change speeds anytime during operation for different modes
- Lifelike Insect Behavior: Experience realistic bug movements as legs flail when lifted off ground, mimicking actual beetle behavior; great crafts for adults as hobbies for adults men and women
- Challenging 8-hour Build: Conquer model building kits for adults 388-piece medium-difficulty assembly featuring spring motor mechanics and precision engineering inspired by Mars exploration rovers
- Perfect Gift For Robotics & Nature Enthusiasts: Ideal wooden gifts for future engineers, insect lovers, Halloween enthusiasts for Birthday, Christmas, Fathers day Ugears wooden model kits for adults

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Additional Features | Portable |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Asin | B09F3FKH8T |
| Best Sellers Rank | #121,960 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #694 in 3-D Puzzles |
| Brand Name | UGEARS |
| Customer Package Type | FFP |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (698) 4.4 out of 5 stars |
| Educational Objective | Concentration Skill, Patience Skill, Problem Solving Skill |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04820184121294 |
| Included Components | Instructions, Paper-based sanding paper, Paraffin, Plywood sheets with laser cut parts, Springs |
| Item Dimensions | 8.6 x 8.66 x 0.1 inches |
| Item Dimensions L X W | 8.6"L x 8.66"W |
| Item Shape | 3D |
| Item Type Name | 3D Mechanical Model |
| Item Weight | 400 g |
| Manufacturer | UGEARS |
| Manufacturer Maximum Age Months | 1212 |
| Manufacturer Minimum Age Months | 168 |
| Manufacturer Part Number | UG70158 |
| Material Type | Wood |
| Material Type Free | No other materials |
| Model Number | 70158 |
| Number Of Items | 1 |
| Number Of Packs | 1 |
| Number Of Pieces | 388 |
| Number Of Players | 1 piece |
| Operation Mode | Automatic |
| Play Activity Location | Floor |
| Power Source | Mechanical Spring |
| Product Style | Modern |
| Puzzle Type | 3D Puzzle |
| Set Name | Hexapod Explorer |
| Size | Mittel |
| Skill Level | Intermediate |
| Subject Character | robots |
| Supported Battery Types | No battery |
| Theme | robots |
| Unit Count | 388 Count |

## Images

![Hexapod Explorer - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81+SzSD9arL.jpg)
![Hexapod Explorer - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61W8szd09gL.jpg)
![Hexapod Explorer - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71+Zd8rduvL.jpg)
![Hexapod Explorer - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51R0VaOchmL.jpg)
![Hexapod Explorer - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61CXt-LkBpL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pay attention to details
*by  on Reviewed in the United States July 2, 2026*

Fun interesting kit,worked well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Challenging, Rewarding Series of Models - Tips for Successful Completion
*by  on Reviewed in the United States December 14, 2022*

A Challenging, Rewarding Series of Models - Tips for Successful CompletionI am truly impressed with this kit. Its designers are highly skilled wizards. Parts are smoothly cut by laser, and for wood parts, tolerances are tightly held. If you are a value seeker, this is an excellent value. If you are mechanically minded, chances are you will love these wooden puzzles/projects/models.If you don’t have model building or similar experience, this is an advanced project that could be a bit much for a first puzzle. I might suggest that you find a similar, simpler model to try first if you are apprehensive about completing a more complicated UGears project like this one. It may not turn out well if you deviate from the directions, or don’t carefully follow the assembly sequence and visuals. What you need will be there, but may not be obvious at first.I found the Hexapod to be a fairly complex project, suitable for those with patience and some mechanical experience or model building skills. For a beginner, a simpler kit could be a great learning tool. This particular kit isn’t a suitable birthday gift for your average teenager - certain skills are assumed which some may not have.The wood parts come in several sheets of fairly soft 1/8” or 3mm plywood (known as lite-ply to model airplane aficionados). They are very accurately cut with a computer-controlled laser cutter. Some extra parts that could be easily broken or lost during assembly are included. Each part is labeled with adjacent part numbers, although the parts themselves aren’t numbered. Some parts are marked with small reference marks or dots to aid in establishing the correct orientation during assembly.The manual lacks verbal instructions. The assembly diagrams are accurate, complete, but completely visual, with perhaps a few exceptions. One has to be very careful when examining the assembly pictures – a few differences are subtle, without clarification. Look quite carefully at the assembly diagrams, and use the numbers in the manual judiciously. Don’t jump ahead. If you do, you may not be happy with the problems that this might create.UGears supplies wax to lubricate the parts where they slide or rub together. It would be nice if more wax was furnished. Wood waxes can differ significantly. They say candle wax or paraffin can be used. The supplied wax seems to be softer than paraffin. It seems slightly slipperier than several other waxes I tried. It is softer and a bit “stickier” when rubbed on the wood. It seems a bit better than harder paraffin wax, or a few other commercially available wood lubricants I tried.A few square inches of 220 grit paper are supplied to smooth out parts in contact (which is too coarse in my opinion) to reduce wood-on-wood friction, and over-sanding with coarse paper may change tolerances. I used 400 grit then 1000 grit paper, which results in a smoother surface and less friction.Parts preparation is the key to end up with a smoothly operating model, so I spent a lot of time here. Do not over-sand, because it may change tolerances on bearings and other moving parts, which is to be avoided.Suggestions:Try a simpler kit to start with, as a learning experience for a more difficult kit. A simpler kit as a learning experience may help some to become a fan of these products, who would otherwise would become frustrated with more complex first-time project.Friction is the enemy of a properly working, powered wood model. Moving parts that have been waxed may need to be rubbed or worked in, or burnished. Where they say to use wax, you should wax adjacent moving or sliding surfaces, like the sides of gears. Thickly applied wax does not result in decreased friction. It may help if the wax is “worked in” by working the moving surfaces together, or burnishing, then perhaps reapplying wax.I did some homework regarding lubrication for wood-on-wood sliding surfaces. Experimenting some, I tried several commercially available wood lubricants without significant results. I found that graphite and/or molybdenum disulfide powder allied to waxed surfaces (or added to melted wax) did decrease wood-on-wood friction after waxing. But it created problems, too. Graphite is messy and dark, so if you are looking for a wood model for a display case, forget that. I wanted the Hexapod to operate smoothly and look like something prehistoric so I stained the parts dark, with water-diluted acrylic paint, which covered up the use of graphite.Others have had issues with broken parts. Use the included “tool” to punch the parts out of the plywood sheets. If a part is tight, work around the part gently and slowly rather than punching it out with one push. I put a thick towel on my work surface. This provides a soft pliable surface to punch out the parts from the plywood surround. Lots of light on your workspace is helpful.Be gentle and carefully align mating parts when assembling. Try to keep parts at right angles to one another when snapping parts together. If you have to force something, or a part doesn’t snap together like the rest, chances are you may have chosen the wrong parts to assemble. Broken parts can be repaired easily with just a dab of superglue.Don’t separate the parts from the plywood before you use them, to avoid difficulties later on. If some smaller parts come loose prematurely, scotch tape them back in place until called for, to maintain their identity. This kit has hundreds of parts, some of which look identical but aren’t, or can be identical with different part numbers (mirror image parts).Leave the tie-wrap or nylon tie on the metal spring before installing it. I lightly oiled my spring with sewing machine oil, then wiped off the excess from the edges.Assembling, dis-assembling, and reassembling parts loosens the fit between parts. The more it’s done, the looser the fit. Avoid using superglue to keep parts together and in place if you can – chances are you will have to backtrack somewhere during the assembly procedure. Follow the assembly guide exactly, step by step, page by page.Sanding and waxing is critical if your Hexapod is to operate as advertised. I over-sanded a few of the moving surfaces, specifically the round bearing surfaces. Consequently, it changed tolerances enough and added some “slop” that affected the motion of the Hexapod. One leg wouldn’t move far enough because of over-sanding and enlarged tolerances, so it fell over instead of crawling.Some parts looked and felt like they were tightly and properly snapped together, but on reinspection, they weren’t. If your Hexapod or other mechanical model doesn’t operate as expected, this could be the cause.It is easy to confuse look-alike parts. Review the manual carefully before starting the construction, to learn the syntax of the directions, which can be confusing and not particularly intuitive.The plywood can be successfully stained with lightly applied, water-diluted acrylic paint, and probably, with water color or spray paint as well (but I haven’t tried these). Leaving a paint build-up on the surfaces may change tolerances and increase friction. Perhaps spray on the paint lightly, then immediately wipe excess paint from just-painted surfaces?

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Follow instructions carefully
*by  on Reviewed in the United States April 22, 2026*

A wonderful model to build. Ugears generally uses thicker pieces of wood than other manufacters which makes it much less likely that you would break a part. The pieces always stay together tightly. The multi speed switch is a plus and the large capacity spring motor allows the model to operate much longer than other spring motor models. Instructions are clear. The only drawback is that rubber bands are used for the on and off switches, and to articulate the arms. My experience in pass is that the rubber bands will dry out in a reasonable short period of time and break. They are difficult to replace on a finished model. I would not hesitate buying another Ugear model.

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