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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Admin on December 20, 2012, 06:46:10 PM

Title: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: Admin on December 20, 2012, 06:46:10 PM

It looks like they 'glued' two different kits together. I approve :P

MLI: Hexcopter Meets Hexapod, Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRvsm1W-5Ck#ws)

Title: Re: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: jwatte on December 20, 2012, 08:27:52 PM

Put an airsoft gun on it and enter Mech Warfare ;-)

Title: Re: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: Gertlex on December 20, 2012, 09:57:00 PM

From what IEEE Spectrum wrote, it sounds like they use carbon fiber, which is not a standard PhantomX kit material :)

Works nicely, for sure.

Title: Re: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: MrWizard on December 21, 2012, 12:10:44 PM

Very great !! Anyone some more info on the bot ?

Title: Re: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: Gertlex on December 21, 2012, 01:32:43 PM

Quote from: MrWizard on December 21, 2012, 12:10:44 PM

Very great !! Anyone some more info on the bot ?

The IEEE Spectrum post: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/researchers-hobbyists-developing-flying-grasping-robots (http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/researchers-hobbyists-developing-flying-grasping-robots)

Title: Re: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: MrWizard on December 21, 2012, 02:47:00 PM

Hmmm.. I am from The Netherlands and never heard of this project of the university of Twente.
Good to know !

Title: Re: neat flying hexapod robot
Post by: Gertlex on December 22, 2012, 10:56:42 AM

They're both very new projects, is probably why.