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This work is related to an hexapedal robot which can rotate each leg clockwise/counter-clockwise, and thus walk in every direction by selecting different legs to push/pull. It is designed to be 3D printed by a high precision Stratasys printer, which allows a vertical step of about 0.15mm: the gears and the joints are simplified with enough space to avoid undesired castings during printing. This design presents prismatic, cylindrical and spherical joints and a gear system that will show the huge potential of 3D printing in creating self-assembled, functional mechanisms.