Zenta, I bow to your amazing designs! Now if only you could make a flying hexa hexquad copter! I would worship the ground you walk on :) Love all your designs so far and can not wait to see more :P
I loooooove it! Look at the software part: How it carefully and artistically touches the ground, and how it rotates. Every position change is soo smooth!
quick question about the spherical transformation capability. once the robot can reliably change to and from a sphere, is there going to be a system put in so it can roll itself around? that would be pretty cool :D
When I look at projects like this, I am always amazed by the craftsmanship of the hardware and skill of design. When the pod then start moving, I get a little disappointed. I want to see running, climbing, jumping and sneaking. Maybe thats just me. Keep up the good work =)
hahaha nice robot, but the music needs to be replaced with something creepier, like that noise from the ring or aphex twin. PS BUILD A GIANT VERSION AND MAKE IT FIGHT THE BIGDOG ROBOT!
That thing is very fluid and i love the spiraling collapsible mechanism, would love to see some practical benefits to that, maybe it will help keep it stable while climbing stuff ?
Hey! I am looking at making a hexapod but when I saw this it just blew my mind away! It is seems effortless! May I ask what microcontroller and driver boards you used are? I am hoping to get away with an arduino mega i just cant seem to find an appropriate board for the servos.
@aggrav8d I'm using the standard rubber end caps from Lynxmotion. I'm not planning to use toush sensors on this robot. But I've my original Phoenix hex with foot switches. You can find some pics of it at the Lynxmotion forum.
- Hi, your robots are cool but the issue of the sphere is just a lost of time - What you need to concentrate now is on making small wheeled platforms to attach under your robots - This will allow them to run faster (Between other advantages) - If you do this I will tell you the next steps to lead the markets -
@luisbeck007 Thanks for your input, but I think I can make my own decisions in what I wan't to spend my time on or not. What issue of the sphere are you referring too?
@jawnlooi For making the hexapod work with a variable sized body there are some math to do, simple trig (law of cosine). The input value to the math algorithm is the angle of the inner body servo. Then you've to calc the new bodyradius and a new coxaoffset. When you have the body radius its pretty easy to find the new body dimensions (coordinates) for a circular body.
After that you need to adjust the positions of the feet corresponding to the new body radius.
Your robots are like... magic... It shows how programming and math can become art, by inducing such fluid movements to pieces of plastic and metal. You're my favorite robot builder :)
Now that I got a job... I'm interested in building one... and programming it. (Java works? or C?) Thank you.
@Sharok480 Thanks! It all depends how you want to control it. If you are choosing an onboard mcu you can either use C, basic or asm. I'm using Basic Atom Pro. You could also use arduino, they are programmed using C.
coming along nicely. great work. i see what you mean about it being like the conventional #H3-r range. works really well though. its far smoother than i first thought it would be. but i never underestimate your skills. thanks for sharing.
Zenta, I bow to your amazing designs! Now if only you could make a flying hexa hexquad copter! I would worship the ground you walk on :) Love all your designs so far and can not wait to see more :P
Tigratx 2 weeks ago
critter, like a living thing
GlukAlex 1 month ago
かわいいw
lemint606g 2 months ago
Es hermoso. Es algo increible. Ojala que pronto todos podamos tener un robot en casa.
GoofierStorm 2 months ago
I loooooove it! Look at the software part: How it carefully and artistically touches the ground, and how it rotates. Every position change is soo smooth!
Bravo Zenta!
mgua00 2 months ago
It's...beautiful.
Chloefornication 5 months ago in playlist Mais vídeos de ZentaOlbaid
It is just a nice work. I love your robots. I discovered your work with the project A-pod and i just say Woaw.
AmarOk1412 6 months ago
Awesome robot dude, do you think you'll be able to get the sphere to roll along the "equator" by kicking out the pair legs at the back?
pewpewpewify 6 months ago
Hey where do I can buy this hexapod ?
ahamedBacar 6 months ago
Thank you for a beautiful start to the weekend. I look forward to the possibility of an enlarged version coming to Burning Man one of these Augusts.
constabEL1 6 months ago
nice. pretty soon we'll invent ourselves!
andrespereyda 6 months ago
quick question about the spherical transformation capability. once the robot can reliably change to and from a sphere, is there going to be a system put in so it can roll itself around? that would be pretty cool :D
blackdrakeofdeath 6 months ago
When I look at projects like this, I am always amazed by the craftsmanship of the hardware and skill of design. When the pod then start moving, I get a little disappointed. I want to see running, climbing, jumping and sneaking. Maybe thats just me. Keep up the good work =)
kebakent 6 months ago
why you create such a machine?I mean what is the reason?
gggggrrrr1 6 months ago
Great robot, but...What song is this?
atheistzombie 6 months ago
hahaha nice robot, but the music needs to be replaced with something creepier, like that noise from the ring or aphex twin. PS BUILD A GIANT VERSION AND MAKE IT FIGHT THE BIGDOG ROBOT!
Mattyew 6 months ago
Holy servos Batman !!
That thing is very fluid and i love the spiraling collapsible mechanism, would love to see some practical benefits to that, maybe it will help keep it stable while climbing stuff ?
ToothOgre 6 months ago
Simply wonderfull. I love that smoothness.
M1008 6 months ago
Hey! I am looking at making a hexapod but when I saw this it just blew my mind away! It is seems effortless! May I ask what microcontroller and driver boards you used are? I am hoping to get away with an arduino mega i just cant seem to find an appropriate board for the servos.
7hubblez 6 months ago
@7hubblez Hi, I'm using an ARC-32 board only. Its from Basic Micro.
ZentaOlbaid 6 months ago
Very cool robot.
mcsdaver 7 months ago
Beautiful Zenta! Are there any industrial applications for this or the sphere robot? If what are they?
Thanks!
twilightprod 7 months ago
I love it!!!
JulianCaro2 7 months ago
Looks good Zenta! The body spirals out nicely...
tomchang79 7 months ago
I'm not going to lie:
Even though this is amazing, I'm kind of horrified by the way it walks... D:
Wolsk 7 months ago
Hi! What do you use for rubber feet? Do you have plans for touch sensors? I would love to discuss this with you one day if you have time.
aggrav8d 7 months ago
@aggrav8d I'm using the standard rubber end caps from Lynxmotion. I'm not planning to use toush sensors on this robot. But I've my original Phoenix hex with foot switches. You can find some pics of it at the Lynxmotion forum.
ZentaOlbaid 7 months ago
Now all you need, is to make individual A. I. for your robots, make 100:1 versions and use them to take over the world. Good luck :)
themrfj 7 months ago
Wow!
MarcelDV 7 months ago
Great vid a lot of servos though!! Nice that I changes mass
89gtu 7 months ago
Please build me an at-at :)
chrisjhart221138 7 months ago
Realmente impresionante! felicidades!
GremioV3 7 months ago
Uh, I think I see why you changed the double leg design... just for this video.. O.o
TheChanclasVerdes 7 months ago
need more guns to kill all humans =)
TimoteiUA 7 months ago
wow, great job zenta. This Hexa is awesome enough. Can't wait to see the full MorpHex with the globe.
RALFx91 7 months ago
- Hi, your robots are cool but the issue of the sphere is just a lost of time - What you need to concentrate now is on making small wheeled platforms to attach under your robots - This will allow them to run faster (Between other advantages) - If you do this I will tell you the next steps to lead the markets -
luisbeck007 7 months ago
@luisbeck007 Thanks for your input, but I think I can make my own decisions in what I wan't to spend my time on or not. What issue of the sphere are you referring too?
ZentaOlbaid 7 months ago 8
@luisbeck007 build your own robot. Walk the walk.
aggrav8d 7 months ago
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All beyond me.
Craydon 7 months ago
@jawnlooi For making the hexapod work with a variable sized body there are some math to do, simple trig (law of cosine). The input value to the math algorithm is the angle of the inner body servo. Then you've to calc the new bodyradius and a new coxaoffset. When you have the body radius its pretty easy to find the new body dimensions (coordinates) for a circular body.
After that you need to adjust the positions of the feet corresponding to the new body radius.
ZentaOlbaid 7 months ago 3
Your robots are like... magic... It shows how programming and math can become art, by inducing such fluid movements to pieces of plastic and metal. You're my favorite robot builder :)
Now that I got a job... I'm interested in building one... and programming it. (Java works? or C?) Thank you.
Sharok480 7 months ago 2
@Sharok480 Thanks! It all depends how you want to control it. If you are choosing an onboard mcu you can either use C, basic or asm. I'm using Basic Atom Pro. You could also use arduino, they are programmed using C.
ZentaOlbaid 7 months ago
I detect very high levels of awesome here :D
lorddarphyve 7 months ago 2
coming along nicely. great work. i see what you mean about it being like the conventional #H3-r range. works really well though. its far smoother than i first thought it would be. but i never underestimate your skills. thanks for sharing.
will be in touch. J
innerbreed 7 months ago
@innerbreed Thanks J. ;) Everything get smooth with accurate control and correct math..
ZentaOlbaid 7 months ago
Yes, i know it look a bit odd now. But just wait.. Its far from finished yet.. ;)
ZentaOlbaid 7 months ago
That looks slightly odd (probably due to the unusual spiral mechanic), but very interesting^^
Looking forward to more videos from this and all your other robots.
TheBigOne0305 7 months ago