Hexabot!

Hexabot is a robot I created for Making Things Interactive, a course offered at Carnegie Mellon University. Visit the course blog here: http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/

I also created an Instructable on how to build the robot:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Hexabot_Build_a_heavy_duty_six_legged_robot/

Happy building!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• robot
• hexabot
• hexapod
• cmu
• mechanics
• diy
• Carnegie
• Mellon

[powpanda]

What would happen if you make longer legs so it can take bigger steps? Will it fall over or what?

[rdpantaleo]

If the legs were a foot longer, I doubt it would fall over. 3 or 4 feet longer would likely pose a problem. It's all dependent on where the center of gravity is located.

[MrStealth4]

hey Rich, What power is the motor ? in HP.

[rdpantaleo]

Each motor is about 1 hp

[vdevilmate]

attach rubber dildos instead of those plastic feet and call it the HEXABONER

[pongo750]

doesnt look very comfortable

[heatedhonda1]

i wonder if you gave it more lift on the legs if you could use like mini 4wheeler shocks and make a smooth ride

[NeoxLiteProductions]

1 tip :

Put rubber feets under

1 - more grip

2 - u go faster

3 - no noise on hard grounds

4 - make a shaft in the leggs and u can go of a stairs ( i tried and falled 1 time XD )

[PunkBoy755]

its a good start. needs a lot of work. right now it looks no better than scooting around in a regular chair... don't get me wrong; great ideas in it. just i think a smoother ride and a bit more speed is important.

[ecoartist92]

great work! Do you think it would work with 4 legs?

[bilihuset]

Give the rubber feet. less noise and will walk a lot faster

but nice work

[TRUFFLIEPUFFF]

fantastic!

[unambitious]

Nicely done! I wanted to make a butler bot with a simple hexapod chassis. I'm considering this method but reducing overall size and fore-aft length.