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The A-Pod Hexapod Robot By Zenta Looks Like a Mechanical Ant

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Insect Robots - The A-Pod Hexapod Robot By Zenta Looks Like a Mechanical Ant (VIDEO)
The A-Pod Hexapod Robot By Zenta Looks Like a Mechanical Ant
 Published: Apr 20, 09
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Talk about freaky robots! This is the amazingly mobile A-Pod robot, created by technics at Zenta. It is a variety of the hexapod, which looks and moves a lot like a real ant. It can move its head extremely well and all its body parts are very flexible.

The video demonstrates the A-pod movements and sees it picking up various objects. Quite scary almost.

I just watched Terminator 2 last night, and looking at this, there is no telling when the machines will take over and whip our asses.

This is the technical details:

The A-Pod has a 3 DOF head with large mandibles. 6 legs with 3 DOF each. Total 25 servos. This video demonstrates body movement and mandible control. The robot are remotely controlled with a custom 2,4 GHz RC transmitter. (youtube)

References:  youtube, thispiggy

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