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

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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01/19/2023

There's a new kid in town! The Hacksmith built a hydraulic hexapod out of off-the-shelf excavators. It was great fun to watch their video - a lot of their struggles sure felt familiar!

Check out the creation of Megahex over at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8dKY6Ozrg

-Spark

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07/13/2019

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Tesla parking 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...

07/13/2019

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

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

Finding parking in Boston – PROJECT HEXAPOD

07/13/2019

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

Finding parking in Boston – PROJECT HEXAPOD 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...

07/13/2019

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

05/30/2019

We are incredibly proud to announce that Stompy the Giant Hexapod can finally walk!!! You can read a brief update about our progress at the link below, and we will be in touch with our Kickstarter campaign backers soon.

http://projecthexapod.com/blog/2019/05/these-feet-are-made-for-stomping/

07/07/2016

We've moved a foot in a straight line!

Linear Motion – PROJECT HEXAPOD 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...

05/09/2016

We've got a new status update posted over at http://projecthexapod.com/. Head on over to see where Stompy is at!

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