The Hexatron modular robot - flexibility and rigidity

This shows one of our attempts to prototype a modular robot that can be both flexible and rigid. Flexibility is useful for adapting to surroundings while the rigidity is needed to fight gravity (provide the robot with a skeleton). As you will see, when the modules (the white hexagons) are expanded they are flexible and can move a bit, but when they are contracted they form a rigid structure. In the longer term the goal is to have the robot working in three dimensions, but for that we need something else than LEGO.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Modular
• robot
• LEGO

[Akisfam]

so whats so great about that thing

[rickyale]

im sure you have learned a lot doing this, good work

[TiagoTiagoT]

so is it just tying itself tight with string or is there somthing more to it?

[PickleHead60]

point?

[russianpeanut]

Um.. its made of legos :/

[Zupadupabanaan]

i dont really understand... what is th meaning of all this??