MadLab Industries Present Hexapod With Hexcopter - The Killer Robo Combo!
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Oct 23, 2024
Oct 23, 2024
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MadLab Industries group hasn't failed to impress us with its all new quadcopter (acutally a hexcopter) combined with a hexapod, that does the awesome and looks the awesome. Using the PhantomX Hexapod kit from Trossen Robotics, the Mad Lab's team consisting of Don Miller, Jason Penick, and Jason Williams &  Trossen Robotics’ Andrew Alter, reduced the hexapod's weight and gave it reasons, sorry things to fly high. They replaced the hexapod's original ABS plates with carbon fiber to bring down the weight significantly. And devised a six-rotor setup so as to increase the stability of the unit in the air. This ultimate robo combo can crawl the ground and fly into the air like an efficient flying insect.
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The other major components that make up this hexapodcopter are - a Hoverfly Pro flight controller, six E-Flite Power 15 motors and six E-Flite 40-amp ESC (Electronic Speed Controls). Even though the controls for the both hexapod and hexcopter are still separate, the team plans to merge them up soon. We think that a catch & release mechanism that lets the controller detach and reattach both robos would be an awesome feature to have. And the team says that they are already working on it. How cool is that?
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Here we have the first video from the MadLab Industries team where their robo is able to walk around, and talk off, land and continue walking. Check it out -
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And here's another video where you see it in acton while showing off the movement of the legs, walking around and taking off while walking, landing while walking, and by user request - picking stuff up with its legs! You don't want to miss this either -
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The other major components that make up this hexapodcopter are - a Hoverfly Pro flight controller, six E-Flite Power 15 motors and six E-Flite 40-amp ESC (Electronic Speed Controls). Even though the controls for the both hexapod and hexcopter are still separate, the team plans to merge them up soon. We think that a catch & release mechanism that lets the controller detach and reattach both robos would be an awesome feature to have. And the team says that they are already working on it. How cool is that?
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Here we have the first video from the MadLab Industries team where their robo is able to walk around, and talk off, land and continue walking. Check it out -
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And here's another video where you see it in acton while showing off the movement of the legs, walking around and taking off while walking, landing while walking, and by user request - picking stuff up with its legs! You don't want to miss this either -
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