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MA Hackerspace Building Rideable Hexapod

Posted by Unknown on from the thus-began-the-hexapod-wars dept.

New submitter schlesingerj writes in with news about a six legged robot "The Artisans Asylum hackerspace in Somerville, MA is building a monster rideable hexapod named 'Stompy', with fully articulated legs (18 hydraulics actuators in total), powered by a humongous propane forklift engine. This is being built as a class, lead by a team of expert roboticists with an impressive background, including DEKA, Boston Dynamics and Barret Technologies and is expected to be finished by the end of the summer. I for one welcome our new robot overlords."

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  1. Artisan's Asylum info (from a long term member) by atriel · · Score: 4, Informative

    url: http://artisansasylum.com/ Physical address: 10 Tyler St., Somerville, MA 02143 Office hours are noon-8pm mon-sun, swing by and request a tour.

  2. Meh. It's been done. by Annirak · · Score: 3, Informative

    First, there's Mondo Spider. The same guys are also working on Titanoboa, which is a ridable robot snake.

    And both of those are electric. No propane forklift engines, which makes them much quieter.