Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon)

6개의 다리를 가진 헥사포드 로봇이 변형하여 이동식 로보틱스 실험실로 작동한다는 소식입니다. @IlirAliu_가 소개한 이 사례는 로봇 공학과 인공지능을 결합한 혁신적 모바일 연구 플랫폼으로, 현장 테스트·데이터 수집·원격 실험에 유용한 응용 가능성을 보여줍니다.

https://x.com/Ronald_vanLoon/status/2029578464144056730

#robotics #hexapod #mobilerobotics #ai #innovation

Dilum Sanjaya (@DilumSanjaya)

Vibe Coding Robotics 시리즈 파트 8: Claude Opus 4.6을 사용해 실제 육각 보행 로봇에서 동작하는 오픈소스 알고리즘 기반의 헥사포드(6족) 시뮬레이터를 제작했습니다. UI 디자인은 Nano Banana로 생성되었다고 보고되었습니다.

https://x.com/DilumSanjaya/status/2020181365095023053

#claude #robotics #hexapod #simulation #opensource

Can anyone help me with designing a control board for a #hexapod ?
Got 18xMG996 servos and the original idea was to use 2xPCA9685PW boards to distribute the power load, but it didn't work out 😅
The brains would be an #arduinonanorp2040

#robotics #arduino

My springtail is done! I love how chonky he came out❄️✨️

#science #sciart #illustration #art #painting #digitalpainting #nature #ScienceMastodon #ArtMasto #springtail #invert #arthropod #hexapod

Finished a Patreon print for January, featuring Hypogastrura nivicola, the snow flea springtail! I just love springtails, I definitely want to draw more in the future💖

#science #sciart #illustration #art #painting #watercolor #nature #ScienceMastodon #ArtMasto #hexapod #springtail #snowflea #arthropod #invert #bugs

Noch mehr von Garfield Version 2

#Roboter #robotics #arduino #raspberrypi #hexapod

Working Model Reveals Amazing Engineering of Webb’s Mirror Actuators

We end up covering a lot of space topics here on Hackaday, not because we're huge space nerds -- spoiler alert: we are -- but because when you've got an effectively unlimited budget and a remit to make something that cannot fail, awe-inspiring engineering is often the result. The mirror actuators on the James Webb Space Telescope are a perfect example of this extreme engineering, and to understand how they work a little better, [Zachary Tong] built a working model of these amazing machines.

The main mirror of the JWST is made of 18 separate hexagonal sections, the position of each which must be finely tuned to make a perfect reflector. Each mirror has seven actuators that move it through seven degrees of freedom -- the usual six that a Stewart platform mechanism provides, plus the ability to deform the mirror's curvature slightly. [Zach]'s model actuator is reverse-engineered from public information (PDF) made available by the mirror contractor, Ball Aerospace. While the OEM part is made from the usual space-rated alloys and materials, the model is 3D printed and powered by a cheap stepper motor.

That simplicity belies the ingenious mechanism revealed by the model. The actuators allow for both coarse and fine adjustments over a wide range of travel. A clever tumbler mechanism means that only one motor is needed for both fine and coarse adjustments, and a flexure mechanism is used to make the fine adjustments even finer -- a step size of only 8 nanometers!

Hats off to [Zach] for digging into this for us, and for making all his files available in case you want to print your own. You may not be building a space observatory anytime soon, but there's plenty about these mechanisms that can inform your designs.

Thanks to [Zane Atkins] for the tip.

#space #actuator #flexure #hexapod #jameswebbspacetelescope #jwst #mirror #stepper #stewart