MorpHex, a sphere formed morphing hexapod

Well, congratulations! I was wondering if the lower segments had enough bracing on them. Good luck shoring those up.

Yeah I bet you got nervous when your son picked up the bot. LOL

I’m really looking forward to see it in action!

Xan

Hi,

I got some free time last evening/night for shooting and editing a short video of MorpHex…

Kåre,

Absolutely incredible!

Just amazing to watch. The dance is more than intricate; it is almost sensuous. It is as if a bit of Disney’s Fantasia was reincarnated as a robot. This is more than mechanics; this is art.

My hat is off to your imagination and to your achievement!

Thanks for your comment Ted! :smiley:

Hopefully there will come a video part III with rolling features ++. If I ever make it work though. :confused:

Zenta,

That was great. I love the motions of it and how fluid it looks. I hope there is a part three!

Kurt

Very cool Kåre! It looked as if the top section was rotating at one point. Wasn’t expecting that. Some LED accents could be fun! I really like it.

Thanks Jim and Kurt! :smiley:

The upper section do rotate, but I didn’t demonstrate that very well on the video. I think I shot about 30 minutes of video. There are still a lot of work to do on the code, especially to make it roll. I do plan to use some serial controlled RGB LED’s, but I’ve some issues I need to work on.

OOhh, and there it is!

So impressed. congratulations. WOW.

That was well worth the wait. This is a video that i will watch a few times over.

A true form of art in motion.
I love the way you have designed the kill switch, and also how it steps out from a sphere to the hex.
There is so much to say but my guess is that you will have lots and lots of reply’s to read over the next few weeks/months.
8)

Speech less! that is great!

:open_mouth:

– nothing more to say –

Nice work Kåre!

This one needs to be on TV too!

Alan KM6VV

On a motorize tv… ?

Hello, Kåre,

I have watched this video over and over, and I am still fascinated. The fluidity you achieved with one-off, hand built parts is amazing!

One question: You show turning it off and on by apparently linear thrusts with a rod. I am not noticing any rotational or lateral motion by that rod. Are you using some sort of latching push button on/off switch?

I can’t wait until you compact this design for use in interacting colony clusters of ping-pong balls. A whole new future for swarm robots. Of course someone would have to conjure up some practical applications for the swarms.

But, I digress. :smiling_imp:

It does appear to be a push button power switch.

Excellent work as always Zenta, can’t wait to see it rolling around.

Kåre, I am absolutely gobsmacked by the fluidity of motion and the sheer beauty of it. After reading your blog, I had to make an account here just to see your progress. Truly grand work, sir! Hats off to you.

Nope, the stick has a hole in one end. He pushes it down to turn it off. He hooks the lever of the switch with the hole in the stick to pull it up and turn it on. :wink:

Okay, I can see that now; well I can’t see it, but I understand it. I wondered why the end of the rod didn’t appear smooth.

Now I wonder why he didn’t incorporate one of these switches lynxmotion.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7441&p=73178#p73178 especially since he professes to like them.

Amazing work Zenta, definitely inspiring. I hope you are successful in getting to move around while in sphere mode.

Ah, I stand corrected. I was watching on a small screen and thought he was just sticking a marker down the hole.