Hexapod Robot V4 Walking with Force Complience

[mbglobetrotter]

amazing

[arduinotm]

very nice ;)

[stoneynine]

why do we base robots on some sort of a life form?

why cant we make something completely new and much better than ourselves?

[onthecuttingedge2005]

this would make a cool surveillance bot and or a Mars rover, can you do some videos of real terrain adaptation like over sand, rocks, mud?

[arktikgraywolf]

whats the music?

[arktikgraywolf]

ahh hes so cute..

[RatChieftain]

@arktikgraywolf HE? X)

[arctictimberwolf]

Sneaky :^)

[DamianProgrammer]

youtube worthy

[hieloinmortal]

Wow this video es lo maximo incredible robot that magnificent

[RokSrakaCar]

what kind of software are u using?

[twsty123456]

Skynet

x)

[tranerekk]

u mean the one from terminator

[twsty123456]

XD HELL YEAH! lol

[RokSrakaCar]

cool! Which of programming language did you use?

[geyck]

Skynet will kill you

[mene1in]

Dude that thing looks just like a spider when its regaining balance. Nice work!

[mene1in]

Only with 6 legs of course.

[Rocco540]

this is sick

[ensdu42]

combien sa coûte?

[HaloMasterApollo]

i cant wait to see one of those turn into the scarab for the halo movie, u should build a frame that looks like the halo 2 scarab n put little action figures on it, that would sell for like 50k on ebay, the whole reaction to being unbalanced is incredible, definitly the best ive seen, 5 star

[yunderup]

thats cool as , hey , well done!

[fofolofofo]

Very great works ! like it is alive.

[sebring98]

Where did you buy your soundtrack, from a DOLLAR STORE??

[DrCrabfingers]

Brilliant. Very very clever.

[pencilponce]

That's really clever how you designed it to regain it's balance after one of it's legs have been lifted by something other then itself. Nice! *claps*

[proetcon]

..WHAT IS THAT SOUNDTRACK ?

[winchymatt]

Can't remember the name of the track, bu the band is Royksopp and the album was Melody A.M.

[Waldemar3]

Royksopp rocks...and your mecha rocks even more! You've got it's intuitive sense of resistance down VERY well! :-D

[gonzo110391]

@winchymatt

Matt, this is just too much amazing!!

I wonder what kind of force sensor you use. Is it flexiforce resistor?

And about the compliance control, does it use PID also?

I can't wait for your response.

Thanks

[skag1]

@proetcon

Røyksopp - A Higher Place

[oldcow104]

awesome, now the remote just has to be wireless

[winchymatt]

Hi, The last part of the video form 2:10 onwards the link is wireless. Cheers.

[blueoctopede]

When can we buy these? XD *wants one sooo bad*

[vinceraptor]

I love your robots. I do sculpture and creature creation and would love to see this brought into play with some of the creatures I make. This type of robot can be scaled up and used in all sorts of situations. Amazing work! :)

[winchymatt]

Hi, Thanks for the comment! This hexapod has been used in a film, although the scuplted body was pretty poor in my opinion. There was a beautiful sculpt started for a later film, but the plug was pulled and so it was never finished. Check my website for more details.

[lukeybaby45]

very cool, but uber scary looking. if it had some glowing red eyes it would be more sinister than the devil himself! lol

[OneWorld4us]

How long have you been working on this to get this level ?, it´s great ! How many guys have developed it and what subjects are they specialist ?.. Regards

[winchymatt]

Hi. This was the fourth hexapod I built, over a period of about 2 years. I studied electronic & software engineering. visit my web site for more details.

[beguy2002]

i'm very impressed by your robot! how much would it cost to do it? why is there lag? can't you put a microprocessor faster and closer from the robot? does it use "multiplexage" between robot and BRAIN?

[winchymatt]

Hi, The material cost of this robot was around £2000. But the developmetn time was around 2 months, so cost would be much higher. Yes lag for the sensors can be reduced by having an on-board processor, however, at the time this was not an option. I am currently working on an on-board pBrain that should run at 100hz refresh.

[noname12345678]

Moving like a real spidr, nice prototic.

[synaps555]

very cool one :D

[gravisan]

beautiful! what limits the rate at which it can move ... what would happen if you reduced the delays in the contol software to lower and lower values...

[winchymatt]

The speed is limited by:

a) The speed at which the servos can move (which are not stretched at this point)

b) More crucialy, on this version the brain is off board, so there is a lag in the information from the contact sensors getting to the brain. I am currently working on a version that will have the brain on board that runs at double the refresh rate. :)

cheers

Matt

micromagicsystems.com

[gravisan]

cool, i didn't think latency would be a factor, was wondering what sort of response time is required: that is from the time: a change in foot sensor reading -> moving of the actuators...