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Here’s a fantastic project that lets to drive a hexapod around the room using an RC controller. [YT2095] built the bot after replacing the servo motors on his robot arm during an upgrade.
Project Hexapod is aiming to make the construction ... Hobbyist robotics is more popular and affordable than ever, but RC servos place a limit on the size of robot a hobbyist can build.
[Hacksmith Industries] found this to be the case when they decided to build a giant rideable hexapod, Megahex. [YouTube] After seeing a video of a small excavator that could move itself small ...
Called MorpHex, it's a Hexapod robot capable of turning into a sphere and then back again. The project is still under construction (you can follow the details on Kare's blog here), but it's ...
That's the thinking behind this hexapod robot which can work out how best to adjust its gait in the unfortunate event that it loses a leg. Developed by roboticists at the Pierre-and-Marie-Curie ...
Weighing in at a little over two tons, Mantis is likely the biggest robot hexapod you’ve ever seen. Mantis walks on six ground-sensing hydraulic legs, carrying a human in its thoracic cockpit or being ...
Say hello to KMR-M6, a little hexapod robot from Japanese robot maker Kondo. KMR-M6 is a six-legged bug designed for the hobbyist market, and in the configuration seen here, costs just ¥76,000 ...
Kondo has started shipping a new spidery robot, and even though their Hexapod KMR-M6 only has six legs rather than eight, its movements are very spider-like. Its frame is constructed from aluminum ...
Weighing in at 1,900 kilograms (4,190 pounds) and measuring 2.8 meters (9.1 feet) tall, Mantis is the biggest all-terrain operational hexapod in the world, according to Winchester-based ...