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Inside Mantis: a 2-Ton Hexapod Robot With a Linux Brain

Posted by timothy on from the but-can-it-get-to-boston-on-one-battery-charge? dept.

DeviceGuru writes "After four years of development, Micromagic Systems has finally completed the Mantis Hexapod Walking Machine (YouTube video), claimed to be the world's largest all-terrain operational hexapod robot. The device stands nearly three meters tall, weighs just under two tons, and is controlled by a PC/104 module stack running embedded Linux."

2 of 84 comments (clear)

  1. Re:OMFG by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    WTF does "unformfortable" mean!?

    It means it cannot be formforted.

    --
    You are welcome on my lawn.
  2. Re:Horrible video by lxs · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it is intentional. To hide the fact that it's a slow plodding disappointment.

    So far the video has shown:
    -Walking at a snails pace.
    -Feebly kicking over an oil drum.
    -A huge cloud of smoke at the end which is either a pyrotechnic effect to hide the machine or a side effect of that diesel engine blowing up.

    But hey it runs Linux, or so they say.