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MA Hackerspace Building Rideable Hexapod
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."
+10 nerd points for the Delorean used as a size reference.
Where's my elephant?!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Looks like we've melted their server already.
So, I'll just welcome our new hexapod overlords, and hope to eventually see pics.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
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.
Did anyone else read this and think they were building a hexapod capable of carrying monsters?
My God can beat up your God. Just kidding...don't take offense. I know there's no God.
Stompy vs. Truckasaurus. One night only! Deathmatch. Two go in, one comes out. No holds barred!
I hope it's close to Tiny from Eureka http://forums.cgchannel.com/showthread.php?t=14142
Paul: Father... father, the sleeper has awakened! - Dune
I never have been to this hackerspace. I found out about it at Arisia 2011, when I saw a previous boss of mine sitting at a table in Dealer's Room. We chatted for a bit, and it turns out, he was manning the Artists Asylum table. They look really fucking cool. They have a 3d printer (soon I will too :) ), CNC machine etc.... and they offer classes on how to use the tools and do stuff with it. When I was looking, I believe they also had other classess on other tools and techniques.
I want to check them out one day, maybe actually be social, but, I tend to have my own tools and like to work at my house on my projects.
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
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.
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/stompy-is-coming.html
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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.
which makes them much quieter.
"much quieter" than what? An earthquake? Seriously, the noise out of that thing?
Meh. It's been done.
By "Burning Man" enthousiasts with lots of drive and tens of thousands of dollars available. And it's formidable, sure.
So for this one a) it is going to be mass-produced, therefore it is different, so stop "meh"-ing, or
b) it is not going to be mass-produced, therefore it is derivative work and so, yes, "meh, it's been done".
The three laws of thermodynamics:(1) You can't win. (2) You can't break even. (3) You can't even quit.
You might want to check that there's enough head room in case you find yourself upside down, and your waiting for someone to fip Stompy over.
If Stompy is over 15 feet high, Bridges may become an obsticle.
Travel on a road might be easier if the width can ajusted to that of a compact car.
One could contact the D.O.T. to get the requirements to make Stompy street legal.
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.
or, more importantly, Mondo Spider exists. So far "Stompy" is just a computer rendering. Article is kind of pointless, what is the point of telling everyone every little project you plan on working on? They're not even half way done, nothing exists at all.
In the spirit of the nonexistent Stompy here's the rocket ship I'm building to travel to Mars
my karma will be here long after I'm gone