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Make Your Own Cardboard Hexapod Robot
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If you’ve ever dreamed of building your own robot, why not take a shot at a cardboard hexapod? It will cost you less than $100(USD) for the parts. I did say cardboard after all. Mike Estee is in the process of building this one here, which is still in the… |
January 10th, 2012
Six Legged Insect Robot Picks Up Prey in Its Jaws of Death
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It’s a good week for hexapod robots around here. First, we had the awesome Morphex transforming robot, and now we have this guy. It’s a six-legged robot that is dextrous enough to use two of its legs to pick up prey.… |
December 14th, 2011
Morphex Robot: Spherical Hexapod Robot Creeps Into Our Lives
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The MorpHex Robot, much like a Transformer, is more than meets the eye. It’s a ball. It’s a bot. It transforms and then skitters around like a creepy crab. It also dances and can interact with its environment.… |
December 12th, 2011
My Hexapod Robot is Smarter than Your Hexapod Robot
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Matt Bunting is a roboticist for the University of Arizona and he built a hexapod robot that uses artificial intelligence programming to learn how to move. In essence, it’s probably the smartest hexapod ‘bot out there.… |
May 22nd, 2011
Spiderbot Hector Robot Ready to Take on Spider-Man
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Making humanoid robots might seem cool, but it’s ultimately problematic between the balancing issues and the potential for replacing us humans. So it’s always interesting to see some non-humanoid robot concepts. Hector (which stands for HExapod Cognitive auTonmously Operating R…obot) is about 3.3 feet |
April 25th, 2011
IPhone-Controlled Hexapod Robot Walks Into Our Lives
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Robert Stephenson is a robotics student in the UK, and he’s created an app for the iPhone that allows you to control a robot. For his tests, Robert uses his hexapod robot. In the video below, you can see the app in action. It’s pretty straightforward until you see how… |
March 3rd, 2010
