really cool build, not mine (but I wish it was... or at least the knowledge how to)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quN37YskoaM&eurl=http://blog.makezine.com/

thats pretty wild

wow - thats pretty cool. I imagine you could send that robot in a tree and have it cut various designs into the tree. OK, not very enviro friendly, but cool none the less...

Most of us are proud just to get all the backlash out of our machines,,,, then this comes along!

John

What a great machine....The first "insect"...??????? thank for link..

I have very bad dreams about hundreds of something like that as big as 12 feet high and carrying a vulcan cannon (instead a little carbide router bit) chasing after me. But hey, I'm a sci-fi fan. :)

Very cool machine
CarveOne

I want one!!!!!!! that has got to be the hardest thing to program tho!

KUDOS!!!! awesome post you betcha!!!

Coog

There's a bunch more neat stuff and videos to look at on his website.

I have seen German made versions of the R/C model servos that were about the size of a masonry brick. They should be good enough power for a four foot hexapod built mostly of carbon fiber sheet material. I would love to have one parked in the driveway. Maybe Steven Spielberg would be willing to bankroll such a project for a movie. :)

CarveOne

Really nice: If he added the ability to apply some suction to the feet, he'd get even better cuts.

While I'm sleeping, someone out there is coming up with the next generation of tools. Imagine a large robotic hexapod excavator.....

cheers

Imagine a large robotic hexapod excavator.....



That's already being made
YouTube - Timberjack Walking Machine