Hexapod Robot CNC Router - Cutting 3D face

[efant1984]

how much this bender???)))

[henryzimmer]

Dress it in fur and put a clit vibrator on the nose and your babe will love her new pet! =DD

[zoptrik5172]

OHA... Cheers... :D

[maynardr6]

I am looking for the dremel collet adapater you have. Anyway to get one without having a machine shop?

[winchymatt]

@maynardr6 Hi, I had to have it made by a friend you had access to a good lathe!

[afrimtambo]

excellent

[WladBlank]

would be cool if this robot was bigger, so that you can sit on that, then you can drive it around drilling grafities in the walls :D

[aersixb9]

maybe add a welder and or colony with network and welders, soldering, and other tools, maybe magnetic feet, they could work on pipes etc in small or other locations, maybe different sizes and ways to travel too

[shoots80]

If you attached electromagnets to its feet you could send it out mid-flight to fix your x-wing!!

[Chrls5]

OMG!!!!!!! WOW!

[pini27]

this robot could colonize other planets and build houses and cities!

wow!!!

[Flamedragon64]

WHERE IS MY MUTE BUTTON OH DEAR GOD!

[ikbenroy]

This is pure beauty!

Well done! :D

[Bluemchenwiese1]

Now i've got a headache

[TheJoluki]

also sowa sist geil xD

wa shattes etwa gekostet ??

[puationstation]

tell me fido who did this to you? (and it wll machine it, print it, or whatever)

[snegovik3d]

Ещё бы качество видео получше... А так песня - для глаз.

[QwAdr0x256]

how did you know the head was under the surface??

[SpiffyNips]

@QwAdr0x256 As the robot removed the material bit by bit, it became obvious that beneath that material was a face,..you just had to remove enough of the overlying material.

[wdrpsp19]

Sick! I've built a CNC Milling Machine (although I'm under 18), but this is a WHOLE new level! Awesome!

[marian20012]

Great machine. Like alive. Now you can let it go out to cut everything on it's way to face shape. Freedom to machines. Just joking. Imagine what will happen if it run out. Looks pretty dangerous.

[cbroman10294]

thats unreal! i thought it was just a cnc machine untill it walked away from the workpiece!

[hotszots]

nice :-)

[knickknock4]

if you wanna permanently leave your mark on the moon or even mars, bring a Juggernaut version of this and make your flag on it :D

[waggabiggadoo]

why trying to drill into a bank vault when you can have 1000 of theese do it for you

[UKmatt2000]

Very impressive, just as long as it doesn't run at you. :)

[Gyperboloid]

@UKmatt2000 True xD

[manyaka11]

perfect

[borlics]

AWSOME!! Hexapods will roam the earth machining everything they come into conact wtih! Beware.......

[Eletromanisme]

it moves beautifully.

[Ogre4x4]

I want to see tool changes...

[doubledongloid]

this looks to me like something NASA and other world space agencies should be looking into, for exploration and mining/building of other future home planets....you've done an excellent job here sir

[scheka666]

JA DER HAMMER!!!!!!!!

[joshixxxx]

awesome!

[hwud1]

oh, so the robots in future will be very creative in killing humans

[DanFrederiksen]

useless but very nice build.

are those standard RC servos? or special ones with higher precision? or does their combined lack of precision even out when so many work together?

[speeddemon370]

@DanFrederiksen

I'm not the creator, so take this with a grain of salt. RC servo's are very precise. You can divide 180deg into 1400 or 1600 increments depending on the servo (using pwm). Matt's "no slop" machining (of the hexapod components to which the servo's are attached) is a thing of beauty.

I am building one of my own that is nowhere near as smooth and precise as this, yet. (search Brad's hexapod). I wish one day I can achieve what has already been done here.

[goohber1]

watching robot series like Transformers is entertaining & inspiring. But it's when we see a video like yours when we really appreciate what real robots like your can do because in real life, robots are not as simple as they seem in the cartoons. A real Transformer robot would require a lot of parts to make it work the way it is supposed to work-it wouldn't be a nice form at all. Wires here, wires there, screws everywhere... you name it. Nice video.

[Porabany]

I feel like out of dentist O_O

[RobertVollrath]

This is a wonderful concept made into reality. A milling machine for a head and yet the whole Hexapod is a milling machine. One of the best robot videos I've seen.

[gotchakii]

These kinda cnc machines would be nice for repairs, but not for actual manufacturing, unless it can stabilize itself very much.

[lucagiaco]

are thee many people in the world that could do robot like this?

i'm thinking about an android robot that could reproduce every relevant activity of the human body and that could go also further with modern technology (radar, gprs..) it could be like in matrix (the movie): once "the body" has been created than the capabilities could be loaded in a second time. like they were i-pod apps. what do you think?

[gekko434]

It looks cute when it's walking :)

[mirezYT]

wow the robot that can akwardly walk, can be extremely precise at the same time :)

[kuru2k9]

THAT......IS.....AMAZING, you could seriously win the nobel peace prize for Rototic AI.

That was very cleaverly done, keep up the good work, try to see if you can make a full body next time :).

[CPdrawer1]

olalala my dads watching this

[sloo7047]

absolutley amazing!

[13acd]

coool

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

Imagine that thing sitting on your face, drilling into your teeth. Nasty.

[DougglesMagnificent]

@AshleyMarkPomeroy haha weird...i had the same terrifying thought. anyway, this dude is bound to be rich

[sexdrugsandrave]

that is amazing

[aerografiaensenada]

byutifull ..exelente.

[cerberes]

Maybe that's how the martian face was made. Giant Hexapod Space Faring Robots. Awesome project btw.

[ChazMan113]

This was AWESOME!!!

[boborox90]

congratulations it's a boy!

[KKuurus]

will now I know how that face got on mars

[tero20051]

wow 

[pescecrudo95]

those sounds remind me of the dentist :S

[juliopax]

holy sh*t thats a CNC!!! can he do a coffe too?

[Metalloys]

Bravooo ....

[raywebb21190]

wow! By far one of the coolest things i've ever seen!

[shoutatocoro]

hhey its my face



[Rayz093]

Neat!!!

[ozaki94]

OH MY F*CKING GOD (and i almost never say this and surely never write this in full.) this is so amazing !!

[TheNewVideos]

bravo! very nice work.

[reachtt]

Oh, so THAT'S how the face on Mars was made... :)

I see the begining of the end of my future career as a sculptor! XP

This robot is really amazing and very cute (I like its walk).

[wikiexpert]

so that is how they made the face on mars!

[Ivan6710b]

woow

[dremel73]

coool!!

[tanafita]

Legal !!

Problema é o barulho.

[YCCars]

Wow, never though one of these would be used as a CNC. Very cool. Hah but I wouldn't have put my hand under it

[nitronovice]

@YCCars

i'm almost certain it was the servos buzzing when he was clearing away debris, not the motor.

btw, great work! wish i had the brains and money to do this.

[Landcruiser45]

Nice programing

[AzimUhamid]

This is AWESOME!! Great work.

[kjcarro]

That is great, good job!

[thebutteredcat]

the best interpolation i have seen!!!!! :)

[mein42]

sorry man where can I find more information to make a machine like that, I work in electronics but I have no idea about this. please

[winchymatt]

Take a look at the text information, there is a link to my forum with further information on the project.

[mongodongo148]

Thats absolutely incredible.

[garry2c]

iv got a boner that is nuts

[diegobou]

I love it !!! i love it !!!

[beteroo]

WOW Did you made that?

[XXXblackgoatXXX]

give it a brain and we are all fucking doomed

[Doyora]

why

[XXXblackgoatXXX]

@Doyora because it would drill its way to world domination XD

[krappies]

this is truly amazing!! thank you so much for sharing this!!

...just a thought...this one can in theory cut out other ones...then you need another to assemble them...then you can take over the world :D

[benatpc]

Jesus Christ that's awesome!!!

[jdsanchez473]

that is one of the coolest things i've ever seen, i can't imagine the thought that had to go into making all that work. Good job man.

[cesztoszule]

very awesome :D

[khonning]

WOW!

[Dylanjraub]

holy molly....

[marcetigreshark]

impressive, congratulations

[TiraMontgomery]

nice job!

[dekonfrost7]

this will bring automation to the next level. this is what is going to allow for the building of extremely large and highly complex vessels like startrek....also this combined with ai really could be the end of man...

[superzeeuw01]

This is a very awesome piece of machinery.

Never seen this before that a hexapot robot was able to do this kind of stuff.

GREAT JOB.

[raywebb21190]

Very cool

[ImOmelo]

ITS FAKING AMAZING!!!!!!!

[santorof72]

very very fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

[omzig81]

Wow amazing

[ymiphatss]

oh and also, are you going to be selling the ball socket feet? I will gladly pay you whatever the price. Please PM me

[ymiphatss]

I was looking in micrmagic hexapods, but they dont look anything like this one. I was wondering if youre selling this specific deisng (minus the routing head)

[spartonne]

Cool, but is there an application for this? If it could climb walls, it would be one hell of a way to put permanent graffiti in the side of buildings.

[na3than]

hi, can u do the same face in opposite direction ? i mean the same z axis in the -z way ? plz guide me. thanks

[winchymatt]

yes:)

[gjs5897]

Now a built in abdomen extraction unit would mean you could be out eating lunch while spider made faces. Super stuff.

[Otaku35]

damn

[christianlweberbanan]

OMG

[Vegasoon]

Why buy a 'portable' milling machine when you can buy a walking one?

[thelevellers]

Fuckin' A! Nice... This kinda stuff is why I'm gonna be an engineer! :D

You could use it as the ultimate freak out torture too - make people think the machines have taken over! WOOP! :P

[frackcha]

cool man..... very very cool

[mmsayre]

impressive!

[drakukha]

i like this robot. how did you make it?

[johnnytheprick]

lololololololo............that is so rong on so many levels.

[Keskin1975]

I´d say it`s pretty fast for it`s size, bigger ones will be even faster.

Pretty cool robot you have there but i noticed that it`s feet are mooving and slipping, maybe you should remove the rubber or whatever that is and mount some spikes.

[Flyingwigs]

that is an amazing robot/machining tool : )

could use them on a construction site for making relief art in moldings or wall trim! very very cool man

[mattvarela]

nice but too slow

[kd1s]

Nice job with this project. Just think of all the things you could do with it.

[SiliconeSlave]

What a remarkable little machine!

[Goetmhmiac]

I don't know whether to love it or be scared of it LOL. amazing.

[wccti]

not a big fan of the video being sped up at some points...otherwise that's pretty cool

[computersales]

Thats pretty sweet

[Thopter]

This is really amazing, the mechanics and the software involved, but I don't quite understand the purpose of it. Why do we need a walking CNC router?

[nuzzget]

I cant help but wonder the same thing. This is a cool machine but i dont wanna own one cuz i dont wanna have it run into a wall or something

[carli2s]

what about for the sake of knowledge and fun? i think many many useful knowledge comes from stuff that at first makes nonsense...

verrrry cool, props for the creator!

[carli2s]

ok ok... i just had this idea for a possible application, imagine the thing had some kind of power to climb a wall (vacuum on the legs or something) ... then, work would be done in high altitudes with ease...

[etamarL]

Two possible uses would be (a) oceanic work, and (b) moon excavations. Buildings in space will be most likely printed by huge 3d printers, why not complement them with robotic CNC to do cutting and drilling?

[Geminii27]

Portability and automatic positioning/centering.

[PowerSports420]

just imagine these building cities for us someday

[sparra1946]

Micro machining? Creep inside a tiny space a normal CNC can't reach and machine it. Transfer-ports on a 2-stroke MX-engine, behind those pesky piston gudgeon-pin bosses, for ex. (vested interest!) I predict CNC-engineering robots like this will be boringly-normal in 20 years. Shame I'll be dead by then, let alone to old to ride the bike! Besides, it's better to have this sort of thing for a hobby than watch cricket, aye what, ol' bean? Gimme the money and the workshop and I'll start today.

[svofski]

the dentist overlord of tomorrow!

[johnnyhornet]

Superb! My prototype uses a type of "hex engine" more like a servo router. The dynamic structure on my hexabot does not have the co-planar side to side "leaning" yet. I must add more servo motors. Already at 16 servo's thus far with 3 separate onboard computers. I would like to migrate to a less complex system. I have been spending too much time trying to get the CPU's to talk to each other every time I add features. What types of controls and sensors does your Brain-HexEngine use may I ask?

[way2cute2Btrue]

oh. my. god. ....*((THUD!))*

[johnnyhornet]

Does this unit use a modified CNC code to perform this? I have a Hexapod that took me 6 years to get working properly, not with that type of task with any real precision.

[winchymatt]

I wrote an application to convert standard CNC G-Code into translation commands suitable for the p.Brain-HexEngine controlling the hexapod. :)

[rutzen21]

@winchymatt  nice

[HeliVis]

Jeez Matt, just flip the plane and bodyshops could use these for modern cars and bodywork. You could sell them cadfiles per year like the frame machine makers do for all the new cars. You are gfted and keep up the good work!

[samheb]

wow, in the future we can have robots tatooing us :)

[tizianao34]

atc vacuum system standart Hexapod robot?

:) very good machine

[gkup]

That's the coolest thing I've ever seen. Your work area is virtually limitless. Just walk it to the next section and begin sculpting/ routing. Absolutely amazing.

[turtlemann14]

jaw drop

[user100ja]

awesome !!

[RhymeTraveler]

Nice.

I can just imagine 1000's of them working in concert on a single task.

Building things together like a bunch of ants. Communicating to each other to manage the work load. Learning.

Perhaps like making bigger adaptations of themselvesTill one day they take over the world.

My God, what have you done?

[ddmo2]

hahahahahahahhahahahah

[Abovegroundminer]

Looks like someones going to be kissing buda's ass for a FINE engineer!

[frazprg]

Aww Its cute and frightning at the same time. It looks like it could run across the floor after you. Ive been looking for small prototyping mills for my barn and something like this would be perfect! Keep it up.

[meepa123]

you used inverse kinematics to calculate servo positions based on desired XYZ position?

amazing simply. keep up the good work :D

[fireicer]

thats excellent that is the hight of engineering and electronics as well as programing to another level very impressive anyone who can design things like this will appreciate what goes into engineering something like this and how many hours it takes and to get it that accurate and walk back after is just taking the piss amazing lol

[carvinrednine]

That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. I felt like a kid watching that, because I haven't felt that kind of wonderful, giddy awe since I was a child. You are too be commended for your ingenuity. I wish I had a brain that could come up with stuff like that!

[adventurenox]

Mount Rushmore while you wait!

[frokki]

Nice audio on the vid, my dog loves it!

[monopolioitaliano]

Really nice exa. My only question is: why, when you already control six legs, probably with several degrees of fredom, the milling process only involves three axis, like in a poor desktop router? Let us see a 5 axis tool movement!

[meflis64]

Can you lets us know what you used to designed the actual face on what software.

Thank you

[masterpj55]

what a cute robot =D

is there a tutorial on how to make this?

[giggsyg]

So winchymatt, are we going to get to see the face actually being carve? Just those 8 minutes that are missed out??

(Or if you've posted the video somewhere can you let me know the link)

Thanks

[winchymatt]

Just added the whole of the first pass cutting the detail on the face, you can see it in the video responses above, or look up:

Hexapod Robot CNC Router - Cutting 3D face Detail

Its high quality too.

[giggsyg]

Not the entire 40 mins; just the 8 minutes in which the face is supposedly cut - that is what the timer seems to suggest.

[giggsyg]

Is no one else more than a little curious about the 8 minutes that are omitted, especially as they contain the segment in which the face is carved???!

[winchymatt]

I can post the entire 40 min clip if you really want to sit and watch it!!??

[bionicle1018]

pure pwnage

[saulenas2007]

omg 5/5

[JoePage2008x2]

Truly amazing

[sarcasmosis]

So humanity can build a robot that draws its face, but can't edit sound to prevent destruction of its own ears?

Awesome.

[ShinyRadish]

Supposedly the humans watching the video are intelligent enough to turn their speakers off if the noise bothers them.

[dnukem88]

it took me until about 3:40 to do that!

[sarcasmosis]

Only on youtube would people make such fucking retarded replies to comments about technical problems with videos.

It's great. It's awesome. It needs to have the sound corrected. It's no different than putting an image online but photoshopping it first.

[TUFFW]

sacramosis, ever heard off "turn your speakers off"?

[ramsinks]

very nice.

gfburke

[rasz]

that bot is scary, so fluid and alive

[IntellectualSoldier]

Amazing....Simply Amazing...

[slopedarmor]

amazing!

[MetallicAsian]

Quaid start the reactor

[devoidgod]

Get your ass to Mars!

[yusufer5000]

that is completely amazing. this could completely change the manufacturing industry.

[skier210is]

it is awesome, but not really gonna change the industry, CNC cutters have been around for a while

[yusufer5000]

True, CNC cutters have been around longer then I have been alive. However, when robotics spacial orientation and object recognition gets upgraded, mobile construction robots will dominate. Well, until Universal assemblers come along, then we wouldn't really need a manufacturing industry.

[McClover]

But Hexapods?