love your project! Maybe will find some free time to try something similar. Oh, and could you put some googly eyes on your hexapod robot in the next video :D
How the math for these moves work? You have initial conditions with the tip of the the legs are fixed at certain points, that's fine, but what else? Sure, the lengths of the legs are also fixed or constants. What's changing are the angles. But what's the target points? Or what exactly we wish to achieve? Yes, the body, isn't not obvious. But what about the body? The horizontal positions at the corners of the body?
We have the body as the target position, so we basically do an IK in reverse. Yes, the hardware is simpler to build. However, the right code can be generated with Matlab. It's much more exciting if one work it out manually. I've decided to design my own with the absolute cheapest servos, i.e. the 9g ones.
It would be sick if the body IK was combined with a system that moved the feet position to re-centre the movement domain constantly. And then you could create an unbounded single pad x-y movement by blending the body and feet depending on the distance from the centre of the control pad and the acceleration of user input. Aaand there goes my brain. Now have two inputs where one is the IK target and one is body/domain blend so it acts kinda like a clutch so you can have launch control haha.
What you explained is actually very similar to what I do for the walking gaits, I move the body and the legs just follow the body to keep it centered. But I see how I could also mix that with the body offset, and could make an interesting new mode. Very cool idea! You should totally make your own hexapod!
I've watched all of your videos and think they are excellent. One thing I have not seen your bot do is climb or navigate uneven terrain. Does it have that capability yet?
Will this android control work on other hexapod frames. I don't have have access to a 3D printer. I do have a built hexapod. Adding switches to this robot will not be difficult.
I want to build one by my own. What did i need to build it? Witch servoboard do you use, where can i find the code and the apps? Can you add an ps4 controller to controll the hexapod?
My background is in software and I learned most of the robotics related stuff online. The inverse kinematics itself needs basic math but it gets confusing very quickly, you can find good tutorials about it here on youtube. Also the robotics page on Reddit is a perfect place to ask this question, there are a lot of professionals there that can give you a much better answer.
That looks amazing, you need to large red eyes and large fangs.
Insane!! Thank you for your videos M. Always inspirational to watch.
Nooo I missed this video, oh well. Thanks for another amazing video ♥️
Awesome movements!
Fantastic robot.
love your project! Maybe will find some free time to try something similar.
Oh, and could you put some googly eyes on your hexapod robot in the next video :D
How the math for these moves work? You have initial conditions with the tip of the the legs are fixed at certain points, that's fine, but what else? Sure, the lengths of the legs are also fixed or constants. What's changing are the angles. But what's the target points? Or what exactly we wish to achieve? Yes, the body, isn't not obvious. But what about the body? The horizontal positions at the corners of the body?
We have the body as the target position, so we basically do an IK in reverse. Yes, the hardware is simpler to build. However, the right code can be generated with Matlab. It's much more exciting if one work it out manually. I've decided to design my own with the absolute cheapest servos, i.e. the 9g ones.
The processing power and smartphone camera could also be used for object recognition and autonomous hexapod movement. 👍
That's the goal!
It would be sick if the body IK was combined with a system that moved the feet position to re-centre the movement domain constantly. And then you could create an unbounded single pad x-y movement by blending the body and feet depending on the distance from the centre of the control pad and the acceleration of user input. Aaand there goes my brain. Now have two inputs where one is the IK target and one is body/domain blend so it acts kinda like a clutch so you can have launch control haha.
What you explained is actually very similar to what I do for the walking gaits, I move the body and the legs just follow the body to keep it centered. But I see how I could also mix that with the body offset, and could make an interesting new mode. Very cool idea! You should totally make your own hexapod!
I've watched all of your videos and think they are excellent. One thing I have not seen your bot do is climb or navigate uneven terrain. Does it have that capability yet?
some off-road and uneven terrain navigation is coming very soon.
Will this android control work on other hexapod frames. I don't have have access to a 3D printer. I do have a built hexapod. Adding switches to this robot will not be difficult.
Yes it should work. You just need to modify the geometry values in the config to reflect the parts that you are using.
nice nice nice ! :)
Any progress on the lower cost servos? I'm interested in making this but that up front investment is a little daunting.
Im trying some new ideas, fingers crossed!
I keen to know how you build the app
Hi there, it is a typical Android app, is there a specific part that you want to know more about?
I want to build one by my own. What did i need to build it? Witch servoboard do you use, where can i find the code and the apps? Can you add an ps4 controller to controll the hexapod?
Watch my "how to build a hexapod" videos, I answer most of your questions there.
Do you know where I could learn kinematics for the robots?
My background is in software and I learned most of the robotics related stuff online. The inverse kinematics itself needs basic math but it gets confusing very quickly, you can find good tutorials about it here on youtube. Also the robotics page on Reddit is a perfect place to ask this question, there are a lot of professionals there that can give you a much better answer.
@@MakeYourPet Thanks for the reply