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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. Cred by Triv · · Score: 4, Funny

    +10 nerd points for the Delorean used as a size reference.

  2. should'a named it "Stampy" by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's my elephant?!

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  3. moster ridable?! by schlachter · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?

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  4. Cool place by TheCarp · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

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  5. 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.

  6. 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.