Off topic: meet Hexa drone - when hexabot and hexacopter have offspring

I, for one, welcome our robot overlords ....





From project page:

Hexapod Specs

• PhantomX Hexapod Kit from Trossen Robotics
• Custom 1/6th inch Carbon Fiber Plate Upgrade
• Dynamixel AX-12 Servos
• Arbotix Robocontroller
• Arbotix Commander Controller

Hexcopter Specs

• Hoverfly Pro Flight Controller
• Custom 1/16th inch Carbon Fiber Plates and Motor Mounts
• 2024 1/2inch OD 1/32 Wall Aluminum Booms
• Custom CNCed Delrin Boom Mounts
• 6 x E-flite Power 15 Motors W/ 13×6 props
• 6 x E-flite 40amp ESC
• Spektrum dx7 Remote

Overall Weight W/Batteries: 10.8 LBS

Future Plans

• Hexapod Catch & Release Mechanism – Whats cooler then a Hexapod Merged with a Hexcopter? When the two can detach, and reattach with each other on the fly!
• Switch to Open Source Flight Controller – Currently Leaning in the direction of using a Crius AIO PRO
• Hexapod MavLink Support – Upgrade Hexapod Code to support MavLink Protocol for communications so you can use the APM for control of both machines
• Upgrade Servos – Some of the servos are very strained depending on the stance, having props spun up obviously can help reduce this

http://madlabindustries.com/hackerspace/projects-2/hexapod-quadcopter/

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