PaulS I am saddened by your reply. I myself am a teacher and none of my students would learn anything if I had your attitude towards beginners. I believe I am in the "support" section of this site and that suggests help for people on all levels.
Your first highlight suggests I shouldn't start with a project like this. I personally learn best being thrown in the deep end. Show me the code and explain why its written like it is and ill progress very quickly.
You may find googling "The dominance factor in learning" useful. If you struggle understanding it i would happily explain it without trying to belittle you!
Your second highlight could be explained partially by my reply to your first highlight but also some shields that you buy has software available to write the code for you with a kind of CAD interface. So actually that was not a stupid question either.
Your third highlight is almost valid but again if I had code and understood the concept behind it I could modify it to sute my needs. One of the first rules of development is dont reinvent the wheel. If someone has already done something then use that, modify and adapt to improve on something.
Your forth highlight is clear you didnt even think about the question. How can I control ALL this from my phone? ALL this doesnt imply switching it on and off it implys controlling ALL of the robot. So walking, and turning etc.
your final highlight isnt even worth commenting on its just you being obnoxious as well as pedantic.
so please if you cant be helpful and supportive of people trying to learn then the best thing you can be is quiet.
Now, if you want to help me to learn how to do this then please do, i accept you know far more than me about this and I actually found your comment about leg size and spacing useful. does anyone else want to help me progress?
Regards
David