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A six-legged walking robot should not be confused with a Stewart platform, a kind of parallel manipulator used in robotics applications.
A hexapod robot is a mechanical vehicle that walks on six legs. Since a robot can be statically stable on three or more legs, a hexapod robot has a great deal of flexibility in how it can move. If legs become disabled, the robot may still be able to walk. Furthermore, not all of the robot's legs are needed for stability; other legs are free to reach new foot placements or manipulate a payload.
Many hexapod robots are biologically inspired by Hexapoda locomotion. Hexapods may be used to test biological theories about insect locomotion, motor control, and neurobiology.
Hexapod designs vary in leg arrangement. Insect-inspired robots are typically laterally symmetric, such as the RiSE robot at Carnegie Mellon. A radially symmetric hexapod is ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) robot at JPL.
Typically, individual legs range from two to six degrees of freedom. Hexapod feet are typically pointed, but can also be tipped with adhesive material to help climb walls or wheels so the robot can drive quickly when the ground is flat.
MX-Phoenix is a large hexapod robot featuring 6x MX-64T and 12x MX-106T Dynamixel robot servos. Tibia and body parts are designed with Fusion 360 and printed in ABS using a Wanhao Duplicator i3 v2 3D printer.
Outdoor video footage of MorpHex MKII. A hexapod robot that can walk on six legs and transform into a ball shape. It can also roll in all directions. Check out my blog, zentasrobots.com for more information about my MorpHex project. To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com
Matrix is a unique Hexapod Robot that is based on Arduino and SSC32. It is controlled using an FRSKY Taranis / X8R Receiver. Construction is based on 3d printed parts, CNC'd black epoxy glass board and 6mm aluminium. The Arduino code has been written from scratch, with a bit of help and inspiration from Oscar Liang's great spreadsheet and Dan Durusky's excellent blog. Thanks guys!
So many folks have asked Questions about this beauty Beast of a Robot, that it is time to unveil HOW it is Used, Controlled and made to FREAK YOU OUT! These are going to be a hit amongst hobbyists world wide.. and I know you have many questions. This video was filmed directly after making our "GIANT Spider Nightmares are Made of THESE" video.. and I know it will help you better understand the workings of this amazing machine. Check out more at http://www.Lynxmotion.com & my complete written article at www.RCSparks.com . RC ADVENTURES™/RCSparks Studio™ © 2013 Medic Media Productions Inc.. All rights reserved. Publication, reproduction or distribution of this film by any means whatsoever - including without limitation electronic transmission via internet or e-mail, or re-uploading exis...
Mantis hexapod test footage edit. This video was shot during initial field tests in May and October 2012. Many people have asked how easy it is to transport the Mantis, you can see this procedure at the end of the clip. More information at: www.mantisrobot.com www.facebook.com/mantisrobot Music: Stay (Original Mix) by Max Grin
So here we have the open source Arduino powered 6 legged Robot, HEXY which has 3 DOF per leg and 19 servos in total. This is a great robot if you want to learn more about kinematics. As it is Arduino based you can program it in so many ways! ArcBotics also provide graphical software with some built in behaviors (walk, dance etc) I would recommend you configure it with their software first, mine seemed to struggle a little with the 9 batteries it requires but was fine with an external power source. I had not had chance to update the firmware so that could be issue. There is a awesome video of Hexy dancing to some dance music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU5ZAuzX7nQ Thanks to Rapid Online for lending me the robot : They currently sell Hexy for £165 + vat which seems to be the ...
ARM powered Hexapod Robot with PlayStation 4 Controller
The fastest hexapod robots I have ever seen. Each video is of a different line following robot, although the design between them is pretty much the same. I filmed this in January 2009 in Singapore, at Singapore Robotic Games '09.
Kondo Robot announced a new, low cost, hexapod robot design with surprising flexibility, performance, and customizability. The robots unique leg design incorporates springs and linkages only requiring two servos per leg while improving the hexapod's ability to deal with uneven terrain and obstacles. The robots base frames can be easily fabricated or modified by builders to realize custom configurations. For more information visit Robots Dreams at http://www.robots-dreams.com. . Distributed by Tubemogul.