So trilled to see HEXA is on PH! HEXA is an all-terrain hexapod robot with an open SDK which everyone can use to create skills for HEXA.
You can ask me anything here!
See more details or pre-order HEXA: http://www.vincross.com/hexa
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In in my tenure as a busy open source evangelist... and robotics mentor / builder...
(TLDR ::: read as a founding OSHWA member and the founder of then KC Open Hardware Society (first OSHWA branch) (Opensource.com author, Make: Blogger, Cofounder of Annual KC Robotics event, FRC, FRL and Battlebot mentor)
I think this is awesome and would make a great project that can be for so much. Education being just the tip of the iceberg. I need to read more on your "human mentor" program.
Hi @hgottfried ! Thanks for your interest in the “2048 Human Mentors” program. We created this program to let those who really care about robotics to get the first batch of HEXA. It will be a community where developers can discuss robotics and give feedback that will be incorporated into the next generation of HEXA. You might wanna go to http://www.vincross.com/hexa/2048 for more information. The program surely needs robotics veterans like you. Stay in touch!
Hi @jadojodo ! I happen to studied how a starfish could flip over but thought it would be weird for HEXA. So no. HEXA can't flip over itself. Please give it a hand if needed.
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@tianqi_s Well, if disaster recovery is one of the goals, I would think it should need that ability.
@jadojodo Indeed. And in fact, HEXA will be a series of products. We will add such ability to the versions dedicated to disaster recovery. As you can tell from its design, this current version of HEXA is for general consumers, being an open development platform and exploring interesting possibilities.
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