Mantis - Hexapod Walking Machine Tests 2012
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Mantis hexapod test footage edit. This video was shot during initial field tests in May and October 2012.
Many people have asked how easy it is to transport the Mantis, you can see this procedure at the end of the clip.
More information at:
www.mantisrobot.com
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Hi, Yes most things come down to money! Given more money I would re-design the machine with lightweight materials, and possibly lightweight hydraulics. You can get carbon fibre hydraulic rams, but they are very expensive!
I just wanted to say this is awesome, but also don’t want to be the one to break the 666 comment count 😂
Oooooh… I hadn’t noticed 😬
The mantis can move legs independently, and has several walking gaits, however, the tripod gait is the fastest while maintaining static stability. Insects tend to use the tripod gait when walking on even terrain,
What is use of this?
Emir Muhedinovic HO HUM,, HO,,, HUM,,,,,, NATURE DID THIS A MILLION YEARS OR SO AGO,,,LOL,,, BIG DEAL!!! SO IF YOU THINK THE ENGINEERS ARE SOMETHING,,, WHO THE HELL WAS THE ENGINEER BEHIND "SPIDERS, CRABS, AND LOBSTERS, HAH????? ANSWER THAT ONE!!!!!
Emir Muhedinovic whats the purpose of life.
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It's "throne" not "thrown"
English protip from a norwegian.
life in and of itself only has one meaning. to exist. same with the universe. the only intent of the universe is to exist.
whatever meaning your life has is whatever meaning you apply to it.
for me, existing is enough meaning.
and maybe leave a little mark of my existence.but really, we're a tiny speck on a tiny speck in an infinite universe.
our whole existence could be erased by a gamma ray burst or asteroid impact at any moment in time. and then all your achievements would amount to nil.
anyways, this guy in the video made something cool, and i tip my hat in thanks for the endorphine burst this gave me.
If money was no object could we build it from lighter and stronger material, could we build it with better components and get this thing going quicker?
Ethan Gordon In short... Yes! :)
Matt Denton Are you working on another version of this project or have you moved onto bigger and better things? :)
Ethan Gordon Well, I'm still maintaining and improving the Mantis from time to time, but nothing major. Otherwise I'm working on Film's which is what I was doing prior to the Mantis.
Matt Denton Thats sounds awesome! Well, good luck with whatever you are doing :)
Also, since I'm making and rigging a creature with 6 legs in Blender, this is excellent footage of how something with this many legs should move. Thanks for the video if you still read the comments.
It’s based on insect locomotion.. but if you want more fluid movement checkout my smaller Hexapods!
@@MattDenton Ooo I shall!
Hi, i just saw it by discovery and all i can say is amazing.
Thanks 👍
WOOOOOOW WE CAN CREATE THE AT-AT OF STAR WARS
😬👍
That’s not a at at my guy
It would be closer to an AT-TE
SamtheCat damit I was just going to say that
We can if we are very smart and get the math brain and get the physics right the balance the weight and chemistry
wow very smooth and balance. i always imagine that leg design. finally someone create those leg. 4 years, now 2017. i love to learn engineering
Excellent pice of engineering. With further testing and automatic driving and navigation it would make a fantastic rescue vehicle for disaster areas. No doubt the army could put guns on it as well.
This is some random dude doing this imagine what governments or corporations can accomplish with big money, we truly live in capital times
The way it folds up and perfectly fits on a trailer is f*cking brilliant
0:38 Ahhh it reminds me of Blue Diamond's palanquin! All it's missing is the cage, ceiling, and curtains. While technology like this shouldn't/won't be wasted on something of the sort, the thought brings me joy.
Thanks 🙏
" it was a huge squat metallic spider. I watched it persue some people across the common. It caught them nimbly and tossed them into a basket on its back".
No one would have believed...
What's your point? Do you not think we know about the timberjack machine?
I can not think of one practical reason for having something like this, but I also can not think of any reason to not want it. This thing is just so cool. I would almost be able to pass this up, but the thing folding itself onto the trailer bed was just super bad ass.
This is brilliant mate...absolute genius! clap clap clap!
Well it was a creative engineering project, for entertainment and some R&D purposes. As yet no particular market...
very impressive!!! that must have took some serious dedication!!! 2 THUMBS WAY UP!!!
OMG brother that is insane! How fast can it go? p.s. I'm sure you've answered the question several times... just noticed the upload date! cheers
A whopping 1mph... It's not really about speed 😆
Walking on 6 legs, you have 3 legs in contact with the ground at all times, with barely any exceptions. So you're basically always solidly sitting at least on a tripod, the most stable support on any kind of surface. Insects evolved that way in large part for this reason. And photographers use tripods for that very reason.
Ok then. Didn't know much about it but it's pretty cool that it can move so fast. Almost terrifying. Just proves that technology is amazingly advanced.
Well in an ideal world you would start building a new design from scratch, improving on the old design, however, that assumes the budget would allow! You could replace some components, and build on-top of what is already here. Also worth bearing in mind, this machine was built with aesthetics in mind, so if you wanted to build a hexapod for terrain adaptation R&D, it would probably look quite different!
I am building a numatic version using air bags will be much quicker and more simple . Yours is a engineering master piece and looks awesome 👍
Great! Look forward to seeing it 👍
I can think of a hundred applications excluding the military ones. Awesome project winchymatt!
All those years as a child with Meccano sets was well spent
Yes.. well not Lego technic but same same 👍
@@MattDenton still a great achievement well done 👍
Six is statically stable, which means there is no complicated balancing required.
Put wheels on it. Either on the end of the legs or under the main body or both. On many surfaces it will increase speed and reduce fuel consumption. Why not have both options. In anyway this will be a expensive special vehicle.
But that ruins the whole point of it being a "walker"
I could see the many practical applications of this if perfected.
Good! Not everyone can 👍
I bet that amazing engineering machine can go pretty much anywhere.
This would make a far better Mars explorer (perhaps with wheels as well for the flat bits). It could get through much more boulder strewn landscapes than the one that they sent which got stuck.
And seeing how slow the rovers are, this one is actually faster than the rovers.
Honey, can you take your spider machine and pick up some milk?.........Four months later, we have milk!
HAHA! Yeah.... thee milk is off :D
Awesome Work...
Thanks 🙏
THAT'S LIKE A REAL LIVE WAR ROBOT!!!
what? never heard of that game? it's a dope game trust me
Well if we could get further funding it's certainly something I would like to develop! I have plenty of auxiliary channels spare on the Mantis, so I may even try to fit external tools at some point. The feet are easily interchangeable for different terrain, the feet on the mantis currently exert about the same pressure as a human foot. Funding!!! :)
excellent trailer backing skills! 01:05
Can you share a details of this robo?
I would like to work on it for my engg project
There should be lots of info here and on www.mantisrobot.com
Err.. I'm not sure what "dame slow" means.. but if you really want to know it's something to do with Newtons Second Law, and the torque required to accelerate and decelerate a mass, e.g. tripod gait = three legs @ 130Kg each:
where is weakpoint on that weird arachnathron?
Incredible.
Yes. just more money/time needed. Consider this a prototype, things can only get better from here :)
Apologies for putting this here as I didn’t know where else to put it. The opening credits of the new series of Grace’s Amazing Machines had a machine that looks a lot like Mantis. Is that you?
Yes it is... 👍
Sweet! Do you know which episode that you’re in? They’re all set to record as my kids love Grace (and Catie before her). I suppose that Reuben is a touch too old for these now.
I don't... We recorded it last summer and I'd forgotten until this message 😁
I’ll let you know when we see the episode. Thank you coming back to me.
This is so amazing! I love it so much. I've always loved things like these and it pushed me to proceed with a major in robotics. I'm hoping I can make giant robots this cool in the future. Maybe there might be more powerful tech allowing for faster movement. Not dissing the speed or anything. The fact that it was able to move, move objects, and be so compact is amazing all its own. Thinking of the possibilities this opens up just makes me so happy. :D
Now imagine this, but the size of your head, more agile than a cat and with a submachine gun on it and capable of climbing on buildings
What's scary about your comment is that someone already built an extremely agile one. The main problem is just coreless titanium servos cost a fortune. Most hobbyist just use made in China servos. Search japanese robot sumo. Those made in Japan servo can move like lightning.
The operator simply decides which direction to go in, and how fast using a 3 axis joystick. Leg locomotion is autonomous.
And, here I am a little closer to having my own spider vehicle like Porky Minch in Mother 3. Thank you, science.
Why 6 legs rather than 4? Not being critical, I'm just curious if there is a reason why 6 work better. Thanks.
There are plenty of ways to make this faster with current technology, but this all needs more money!!
I love it Matt. Even if it was a nightmare to make, Mantis is a dream. :-)
OK this is fancy, agree, but what's the use of this giant machine? How much power it consumes?
Totally Agree, would like to see some real time video of just it working normally, and whatever sounds it has.
great work. Congrats
what engineering, must study for understan o make works this way?, i will go out of the High-school
You can't fool me, that's just an Arachnotron
Wow this looks so cool.
Are there lighter materials around that have sufficient strength/stiffness/toughness you could use to speed it up?
The speeeed!
It is slow like dude you got to know physics correct big things have more mass so they move slow
Very cool....but I wish you showed a lot more of it...I wanted to see it working more instead of just 3 SECOND CLIP OF IT
There are quite a few videos on my channel!
What engineering fields does it take to make something like this?
All of them! But I studied electronics and software engineering
@@MattDenton thanks! I’m planning to study electronics ,mechanical and robotics engineering and planning to make something like this once I have proper knowledge
@computer_0732 sounds like an excellent plan ! Good luck 💪
Robotics + mechanical
What would happen if you decreased the period of the walk cycle?
I imagine it's slow for a reason, but any idea what would fail first?
It’s limited first by a mechanical issue in the knee joint.. too much flex!! So assuming the joints were stiffer I could get it up to 3mph before I would start to run out of power.. but I think at 3mph it would be fast enough, as each leg would need to accelerate to 12mph and back to 0 in less than a second during a step cycle.
In the heart of every man is a hole in the shape of an Hexapod Walking Machine.
Can I ask, speed of walking is so slow because high-speed hydraulics cost too much for you guys to buy them, or it is fundamental problem with big mechs?
Hi, its a bit of both. With more money you can afford lighter more expensive materials. So with a big mech such as this, each leg weighs approximately 150Kg, and to accelerate and decelerate a mass such as this in a controlled manner fast, it takes allot of power, hence the speed reduction.
How much of the walking is autonomous and how much is directly controlled? What do the controls actually look like
What would it take for it to 'go faster' ?
Is it the software that's slow? Or the hydraulics?
It's creator mentions in an interview that it can walk more then 10 times faster then it does in these videos. But as he obviously has several hundred thousand invested in this he doesn't want to risk breaking or bending a limb or damaging the hydraulic pumps by forcing it to go faster. That being said this is just a test bed for him to study what walking gaits are best and how it handles uneven terrain, its not meant for racing.
How many kw is the engine?
The whole things seems so slow, what is the limits for it going faster, just the engine?
How fast can this machine walk? And do you always have to move each leg individually or can you input an command like forward and the machine starts walking forward, while adjusting for terrain e.t.c?
It's fully automated. So just pint in the direction you want to go. About 1mph
@@MattDenton automation is cool but 1 mph seems really slow. What did you design this for? Because it seems like off road vehicles can do the same tasks but faster.
have you thought of hadding wheel on each arm/leg , like the kuratas from gits
did you see that hacksmith tried to make one :) you should give them some tips
Yeh I’m friends with him/them.. we have spoken :)
Yall should attempt the spider in Wild Wild West.
We have engine capacity for approximately 4kph, but I doubt we will get this machine much past 2kph. Currently 1.5kph on flat ground.
For what is that for? For what terrain? The woods for lumberjack assistance? Rescue?
Something I have thought about and would like to try! I was thinking of just having wheels on the front an back legs, so the middle legs tuck out of the way when not in use.
Have you considered leaving the cab off and mounting an ornate throne for cruising around music festivals?
cant wait till its faster! might like one someday.
Wow, cool! What type of energy requirements and fuel did you use to run this? And how fast does this go?
How fast can the mastis move? Can it run at least 30 miles per hour
How high can you raise the body? Could you for example walk across a stream of water with it? Or walk over large objects, like a car?
This should be a good vehicle to use in mars because of the weight and the terrain adaptation
Really? If you were on Mars you wouldn't last an hour. What does this thing run with, batteries? At the speed you wouldn't cover 100 feet in one hour. Some people, I wonder how their egg omelette brains work. 🤔
And some people can’t see beyond the end of their nose... 🤷
@@mickcarson8504 , have u heard of this thing called total redesign ,because if i really wanted to send this to mars i would make it run at least 30miles per hour and obviously use lighter metal
@@mickcarson8504 , have u heard of this thing called total redesign ,because if i really wanted to send this to mars i would make it run at least 30miles per hour and obviously use lighter metal
@@kulyti2118
Yes, but Mars is not for humans. If it was, then it's much better living in 3 by 2 cells in jail than living in glass boxes on Mars. Thats how it feels living on Mars, a dead planet. So the concept and design would not be feasible for Mars. It doesn't rain, it has millions of years of dust and could be soft enough to be like quicksand. Those legs will sink in no time. Besides, I wouldn't waste a penny or ever thinking about exploring dead planets. I would rather find one like the Earth and live in. But, that would also be almost impossible if you set the same example of what goes on here on Earth. Over the last 6 hunded years, after land was discovered, territory and borders were formed, wars then followed because of greed and invasions. What if we do find a planet, kill all nasties on it, including whatever hostile natives are there, then make countries borders each for whoever want to be in isolation and finally dam rivers and produce power, then start industries and make weapons, grow big and powerful enough to protect against Earth's Empires. Then it will be like the British and American war of independence and Britain lost a country. The same will be if the new planet is might enough to kick you Americans out, what will happen next? There you are, space wars like Star Wars. And it all started from the obsessiveness of colonizing Mars while this old planet will be polluted and doomed because nobody cares about it anymore.
*AN IDEA!* (Possibly stupid)
Add gyroscopic rings and attach the legs to them, so that they are capable of hanging on the sides of cliffs, mountains, and walls! You can add two front legs as well to help with frontal stability, as well as using the same automatic leveling code I mentioned to orient yourself on the walls!
i could defiantly see these in a construction or forestry setting and much larger (ie the size of an excavator)i wish you guys luck with this and can find more funding to develop further prototypes
That is interesting. With your current model, would you be able to swap out parts and improve it? Or would this be bad engineering because it would off balance the entire design?
same pressure as a human foot? So it could step on my toes without me haven't to take a trip to the ER?
So it has come to this.
It is slow because of engine power, or because of design itself? could it be made much faster in the future?
That's awesome!! I want one to take to work. No more rush hour!
Loving the studio ghibli :)
I mean...yes... but... what?
my unemployed friend on a tuesday:
To make it faster it needs to be lighter. To make it lighter I need to re-design the legs in lighter materials and have them re-made, hence more money. Open sourcing the software is not going to speed it up.
The new space rover hahaha love it so cool and amazing
I am sure it is possible to create a much faster one, right? But how much work would be needed for that? What limited you at that speed? Was it money because of the high price of better motors? Also, what type of motors did you use? I am studying EE, and am taking an industrial class right now. We are learning about different motor types. Very interesting.
Awesome as this is, is there a practicle application involved, or was it just a trial?
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Looks so cool. There were only few seconds re stabilizer / balancing. Do you have footage of it crossing obstacle or walking on uneven surface? What's it's limits?
Can you like put those pneumatic legs on cars? Just tiny legs in case you get a flat tire, or terrain. You can just crawl then go of integrated to a car
you should incorporate retractable wheels on each of the feet, which can be used on leveled terrain for speed gain, this way you can combine speed with the hexapod walking arms when needed
Thanks!
Can the inventor give us an idea of the development budget for this extraordinary thing? Was it in the tens of millions? Do these have a truly practical real world application, such as in mining or swamp search and rescue, or is this more an engineering experiment. Im sure everyone would love to have one!
This was completed with less than £250K. Partly because I did allot of the work myself, and was not paid. Applications for hexapod locomotion technology range from sub-sea use in difficult unpredictable terrain and surface use where damage to the terrain is to be kept to a minimum.
correct.
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hexapods are awesome