Rideable hexapod

posted Dec 16th 2008 6:30am by Caleb Kraft
filed under: robots hacks

Who hasn’t fantasized about riding on a hexapod robot?  With these detailed instructions, you very well could be living out your fantasy very soon. As you can see in the video, they opted for connected legs instead of 6 independent ones, so your dreams of riding the dancing Lou Bega bot may have to wait for another day.

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Robot chairs

posted Jun 16th 2008 8:55pm by Juan Aguilar
filed under: misc hacks


Chairs may be among the most useful inventions known to humanity, but that doesn’t mean that a clever engineer or two can’t improve on the idea. As proof, we offer you this list of robotic chairs that do much more than provide a place to put your rear in.

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