Logging Hexapod "Robot"

A six-legged logging machine intended to reduce logging roads and increase access to steep terrain. While the vehicle navigation and cutting arm are directed by a human operator, the legs are autonomous.
www.Timberjack.com

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• timberjack
• john
• deere
• logging
• logger
• robot
• hexapod
• forestry
• chainsaw
• walking
• six
• legger
• 6
• vehicle
• harvester
• 3000
• timber

[telinkeo]

xD... that's the biggest criket i've ever seen

[adrastea99]

Sooner then driving a huge tractor trough dense forest

[frackcha]

@quietthomas dude.. your honesty is a rare, real and genuine treat!!! especially when it comes to the sausage swinging contest that seems to reign supreme in the youtube comment section... it IS a damn fine machine... it makes me sad when i consider the fact that i grow older, and technology continues to go forth and multiply!!!

take care of you and yours..

[quietthomas]

@frackcha Thanks for the timely reply! :P

As with all my youtube comments; at the 1 year mark I will completely disagree with myself. At the two year mark I see my own complete idiocy! Leg movement algorithm? What do I know about algorithms? Or for that matter working with large AWESOME HEXAPODS! It's a damn fine machine, and I had no place criticizing it's sexy gams or grace.

[Uivil1234]

this shit is fucking slow

[zombiesecurity]

Now I know what I want to do the rest of my life.

[PeculiarTactics]

It isnt a robot. Its a machine. It isnt controlling itself like a robot would. Its controlled by a human.

[frackcha]

@quietthomas 2 years later... ;-)

im sure bugs weigh a good deal less than this, even when scaled right. plus one of the selling points for the machine were that it has minimal soil impact. all that weight through only 2 of its legs and she'd impact plenty...

just guessing tho tbh :D

[buttlescutt]

one word: Militarization.

[douro20]

This machine never made it into production. It was designed at the behest of Timberjack by Plustech in Finland. When John Deere bought Timberjack the project was scrapped.

[JBnotthescotch]

@quadarinxxx It's not like the tree is going to outrun it

[JBnotthescotch]

@webmastertool It's better than cutting down even more trees to make a road for an bigger machine, and it reduces erosion. But we all appreciate the irony.