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Giant robot (remote control) thing

PliersPliers Posts: 280
edited 2011-06-13 18:41 in Robotics
I want to share this with you.
U tube video

He has about 64 videos concerning this project.
I watched the first couple videos then skipped to his last.

It was not his technology that I found interesting but his persistence.
And he is funny.

I wonder where he got his money.

Comments

  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-06-11 15:37
    Little donations from people like us. He makes and sells T Shirts too. It is an amazing process to watch all he has done.

    If you want your own mini-version, Hexbug makes this - http://www.hexbug.com/spider
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2011-06-13 06:46
    So let get this straight -
    1) he was interested in a toy hexbot, and wanted a large one
    2) he has no electricity, so he bought a $1000 generator
    3) he needed a workshop, so he built a sawmill
    4) he built a workshop from trees off his hill cut into boards on his sawmill, so he could build a "larger" version of a toy robot he was interested in

    I like the way this guy thinks!
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-06-13 18:41
    @prof_brain,

    Note exactly... I think he had his design long before the Hexbug version. Turns out, it is a pretty simple design.
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