MA Hackerspace Building Rideable Hexapod 55
New submitter schlesingerj writes in with news about a six legged robot "The Artisans Asylum hackerspace in Somerville, MA is building a monster rideable hexapod named 'Stompy', with fully articulated legs (18 hydraulics actuators in total), powered by a humongous propane forklift engine. This is being built as a class, lead by a team of expert roboticists with an impressive background, including DEKA, Boston Dynamics and Barret Technologies and is expected to be finished by the end of the summer. I for one welcome our new robot overlords."
Cred (Score:5, Funny)
should'a named it "Stampy" (Score:4, Funny)
Where's my elephant?!
moster ridable?! (Score:4, Funny)
The Artisans Asylum hackerspace in Somerville, MA is building a monster rideable hexapod named 'Stompy', with fully articulated legs (18 hydraulics actuators in total), powered by a humongous propane forklift engine.
Did anyone else read this and think they were building a hexapod capable of carrying monsters?