MA Hackerspace Building Rideable Hexapod

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday May 2, 2012 @05:38AM 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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Smithsonian simpsons scoop by doug141 · 2012-05-02 06:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In case any fans missed it, Smithsonian magazine got a scoop with Groening this month, answering things like why the name Bart, which Springfield, and who many of the characters are really based on. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Matt-Groening-Reveals-the-Location-of-the-Real-Springfield.html