Project Hexapod

Project Hexapod We're a team of 19 roboticists, engineers, designers, and fabricators who are building a 4,000 pound Our Kickstarter campaign is live!

Project Hexapod is the blog following the Robotics Intensive: Rideable Hexapod class at Artisan's Asylum, a makerspace in Somerville, Massachusetts. 3 professional roboticists are teaching a class of 15 students how to make giant robots... by making a giant 6-legged hydraulic robot that seats two. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projecthexapod/stompy-the-giant-rideable-walking-robot-0

It's been a long time!  I am in the process (the last standing member of team hexapod) of moving Stompy to New Haven CT....
06/01/2024

It's been a long time! I am in the process (the last standing member of team hexapod) of moving Stompy to New Haven CT. Here are some current problems I'm facing with the robot for you all to chew on. ;-)

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07/13/2019

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ProjectHexapod designed Stompy to fit over a car. We finally had a chance to prove that our 7800 lb Stompy was up to the task. Sadly focusing on wrangling co...

We don't have much exposure on twitter yet but here's our first tweet!
07/13/2019

We don't have much exposure on twitter yet but here's our first tweet!

“ Move to Cambridge they said. The neighbors are interesting they said. Now where will I put my ? ”

http://projecthexapod.com/blog/2019/07/finding-parking-in-boston/
07/13/2019

http://projecthexapod.com/blog/2019/07/finding-parking-in-boston/

Finding parking in Boston Our training wheels support dollies have stayed attached to Stompy for most of the standing and walking we’ve done so far. They keep the fragile underside of Stompy safe from hitting the ground but limit the types of things we can walk over. We’re getting confident enou...

Move to Cambridge they said. The neighbors are interesting they said. Now where will I put my tesla?
07/13/2019


Move to Cambridge they said. The neighbors are interesting they said. Now where will I put my tesla?

07/07/2016

We've moved a foot in a straight line!

Linear Motion The other day Brett and Joel got a foot on the robot to move in a straight line! This required coordination of multiple joints and path planning. They used the Arduino Teensy board that Joel developed as the leg controller, talking to a computer running some python code that Brett wrot...

Happy Hexaween!
11/01/2015

Happy Hexaween!

11/01/2015

Happy Halloween! 6-axes (out of 18) and counting.

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