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Tag: Hexapod

Mantis Ridable Hexapod Robot: Insecticon

Mantis Ridable Hexapod Robot: Insecticon

Last year we heard about a group of students planning to build a ridable hexapod. Now we get to see what such a robot could look like, albeit from a different inventor.…

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Giant Robotic Monsters Now Train Rugby Players

Giant Robotic Monsters Now Train Rugby Players

No, the robot invasion hasn’t begun. This six-legged robotic simulator is being used to train rugby players as a part of the management-transition training program at Thales. It is called the Thales…

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Hexapod Hexacopter: Time to Build Underwater Bunkers

Hexapod Hexacopter: Time to Build Underwater Bunkers

Mad Lab Industries stays true to its name by frankensteining a hexacopter with a hexapod, driving 12 nails into humanity’s coffin in the process. Meet Hexa², a remote-controlled flying robot spider. Kill…

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X-rhex Robot Gets a Tail, Always Lands on Its Feet

X-rhex Robot Gets a Tail, Always Lands on Its Feet

The tiny Tailbot robot relies on a tail to control its balance. Now, the creators of the Tailbot and the RHex hexapod robot have teamed up to make the X-RHex Lite. The…

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Students Creating a Rideable Hexapod, Probably Won’t Be Street Legal

Students Creating a Rideable Hexapod, Probably Won’t Be Street Legal

A bunch of students from Artistan’s Asylum in Somerville Massachusetts are creating a 2500 pound rideable hexapod robot. To accomplish this they will be using a 135 horsepower Toyota forklift engine. Where…

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Make Your Own Cardboard Hexapod Robot

Make Your Own Cardboard Hexapod Robot

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…

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Six Legged Insect Robot Picks Up Prey in Its Jaws of Death

Six Legged Insect Robot Picks Up Prey in Its Jaws of Death

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…

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Morphex Robot: Spherical Hexapod Robot Creeps Into Our Lives

Morphex Robot: Spherical Hexapod Robot Creeps Into Our Lives

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…

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My Hexapod Robot is Smarter than Your Hexapod Robot

My Hexapod Robot is Smarter than Your Hexapod Robot

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…

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Spiderbot Hector Robot Ready to Take on Spider-Man

Spiderbot Hector Robot Ready to Take on Spider-Man

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…

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IPhone-Controlled Hexapod Robot Walks Into Our Lives

IPhone-Controlled Hexapod Robot Walks Into Our Lives

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.…

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