Inside Mantis: a 2-Ton Hexapod Robot With a Linux Brain 84
DeviceGuru writes "After four years of development, Micromagic Systems has finally completed the Mantis Hexapod Walking Machine (YouTube video), claimed to be the world's largest all-terrain operational hexapod robot. The device stands nearly three meters tall, weighs just under two tons, and is controlled by a PC/104 module stack running embedded Linux."
Re:OMFG (Score:5, Funny)
It means it cannot be formforted.
Re:Horrible video (Score:5, Funny)
I think it is intentional. To hide the fact that it's a slow plodding disappointment.
So far the video has shown:
-Walking at a snails pace.
-Feebly kicking over an oil drum.
-A huge cloud of smoke at the end which is either a pyrotechnic effect to hide the machine or a side effect of that diesel engine blowing up.
But hey it runs Linux, or so they say.