Saturday, August 3, 2013

MorpHex: Sculptural Sphere that Transforms into a Hexapod


MorpHex is described by it's inventor, a Norwegian engineer named Kåre halvorsen, as a "piece of art that is a remotely controlled robot." MorpHex is a modification of a hexapod. Is morphs into an omni directional sphere as well as a six legged walker. There are some impressive, quick moving and agile hexapods out there. This one does not skitter about, but is very elegant in it's movements. This iteration of MorpHex rolls in a slight arc, but the next version is said to be able to roll in a straight line. Watch the YouTube video below.

(Photo above from http://blog.bricogeek.com/noticias/robotica/robot-morphex-el-robot-pelota-hexapodo)

http://www.musicafive.com/images/articulos/tecnologia/profesional/MorpHex_1.jpg 



1 comment:

  1. Hi i want to do something like for my students so i would appreciate if some one had a cad or something for me to show them how it works

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