Your cat seems super chill around the robot, I think mine would be freaking out :D

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

yeahhh, they did freak out at first 😂 they got used to it pretty quickly though

@andiralosh2173

Жыл бұрын

Okay now I want to see the progression of acquaintance... oh well

@antonbjerketorp2764

Жыл бұрын

Cats rely on their smell a ton, that's why they don´t recognize themselves in the mirror and that may contribute to this calmness as well. It doesn´t smell like weird, scary alien hexapod so it must not be.

@harrasika

Жыл бұрын

This shows how much he tested it that the cat god used to it

@feynthefallen

Жыл бұрын

My cat would be GONE. Like, out the door so fast she'd leave a vapor trail...

It actually looks similar to a tarantulas defensive strike. It looks great and runs good, too. exceptional job! Most people probably wouldn't be able to find and admit their coding errors, props to you on that!

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Lol that sounds awesome, I wish I knew about that at the time it would've been a great reference.

@XBullitt16X

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking, I thought that was what it was trying to imitate haha.

if it had 8 legs and maybe a counterweight abdomen it could probably grab that Pikachu with it's front legs and run around with it after a well calculated attack. lovely project.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Omg it could 😂 that would be hilarious

@dudenamedgary3421

Жыл бұрын

@@AecertRobotics then you could call it a octopod

I can't get over how chilled your cat is around that thing lol

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

They know it isn't living so they ignore it, still though it's super weird 😄

@Woodledude

Жыл бұрын

@@AecertRobotics I guess it has to do with the smell? Living things definitely have a different, distinct odor to them, and a partially nocturnal mammalian predator like a house cat would depend on smell as much as sight. So a robot that smells like plastic, oil and rubber probably isn't that interesting. Bet if you put some catnip in that thing, you'd have... a very expensive mess on your hands, so probably don't do that :p

@Owlmeatsandbeaks

Жыл бұрын

“Ah, papa is just up to his mad scientist shenanigans again, nbd”

Woah! It really feels like a creature during that attack animation, not just an artificial thing!

Easily the best hexapod I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of legged robots. I'm actually working on something similar for my end of year project at school. If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to discuss some stuff with you about my design, code etc (not immediately since the project's due next year). Wishing you all the best with this project cos I think it's really awesome :)

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I really appreciate that 🙂 Sure dude, add me on discord Aecert#6596

@Froothy

Жыл бұрын

agreed

You are doing a great job of showcasing why this is hard. Just one extra animation is no simple feat.

Thanks for developing attacking spider robots. As long as it makes you happy seeing it go for the kill.

I love this hexapod and im still waiting for the little LED eyes xd

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha we will see 😉

This is insanely cool! I look forward to following the development of this hexapod!

I love this project, hope there's going to be like a tutorial, course or something like that with more details and solved problems. Great job!

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

That's the plan!

@NadeneBreedt

Жыл бұрын

Super excited for the tutorial 😁

Nice job! It is nice to see not only end result, but also mistakes that was make during process. Honestly I think looking at problems is more valuable that looking at final product.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Yuppp, the journey is important too 🙂

I love how your cat just lies there and watches😂

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

ikr 🤣

It looks sick man, really looking forward to see more of this project and the course. Love that your cat is totally fine with all the robot shenanigans.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Lmaooo ikr 😂

Man I cannot wait for the project files on this. I've wanted to built one for so long and now that I have a. Ender I'd love to do it more.

A well deserved subscription friend. Can't wait to see more of your work!

Holy fric man the movements from that thing are super fluid. Very impressed

This looks so cool! I can’t wait for more videos!!

This is very well done, loved all the other vids, keep up the good work! I would love to learned to do somethings like this :D

That excited hop at 7:49 is so cute!

Great stuff! Waiting for the full tutorial!

Love this series. Can't wait for the next

this is the coolest thing ive seen in a while. seriously you are amazing!

Loved your work and the videos. Hope to see more and want to learn more from your videos 😇

These videos are incredibly cool! Love the funny little robot man, makes me wish I could make one myself but I lack the tools, parts, and funding. Either way, excited for the next update!

This is the most underrated channel I have ever seen, amazing stuff!

bro this thing is cool as hell, your skills are under rated fr

If I see that crawling around my room at 2:99 AM I'd be both terrified and amazed.

your progress here is inspiring :) so very freaking cool

Super cool project! You've got yourself a new subscriber

He’s teaching it how to hunt for its prey. Soon none of us will be safe. Jokes aside, I love the way you programmed those movements! Very life-like.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

😂 Ty so much!

Good job! I've had a hexapod project for years that never got off the ground. You inspire me!

@AecertRobotics

5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that! You should join the discord!

I’m so excited to get started on mine as soon as I possibly can🎉🎉🎉🎉

I would buy this. Great work.

I LOVED YOUR VIDEOS. you dont know how inspired i am right now! pleaseeeeeeeee make the course you mentioned on the first video about the hexapod, Im studying electronics and electrical engineering but robotics is all i think about. wish you all the best dude please keep up the good work!

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

😄 thank you so much 🙂 I can't wait to launch it! And comments like yours motivate me a ton so ty 🙂

our cat is so chill with the alien robot insect boinging around.

Amazing work!!!👏

Awesome project! Perhaps you could also have the side legs pointing forward to support the body when the front legs strike.

Awesome vid man

I really like this videos, you are a genius mate

Great stuff keep it up!

I would love to see a battlebot like this one day. Amazing!

Awesome build

The movement did end up looking very good.

this is a very good video and a very good channel! i subbed!!

Amazing project, I really enjoy watching your videos. It reminds me of the Hexapod, (less sophisticated than yours) that I built 2 years ago, I also used an arduino mega, with the same arduino mega shield made by How To Mechatronics. I love everything about your Hexapod and would be happy to discuss with you about how you solved some issues in the build process.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Yooo that's awesome that you actually built it!! That shield was so helpful in getting me started with pcb design. Sure man add me on discord if you want Aecert#6596

I want the Hexapod to be given an A.I. I want the days where we can have cute Lil robot pets that are genuinely adorable

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

That is a really cool path i could definitely go down. My brother had a pet robot dog thing and I could make the hexapod into something similar (give it vision, a voice, eyes, different abilities, etc. Basically give it its own pet AI)

This thing is so dang cool! It looks so alive

Damn, bro, nice work

I spent the video thinking about servos, it all looked weak, slow, and not smooth... Well the end sequence sure proved me wrong lol :D Great job

this robot is so cool :D. i hope to one day be able to make things like that

Holy pods! That looks sooo nice :o

Great progress, it’s getting really impressive now. Good to see you are adding the feet switches next, that will allow you to program it to work on any terrain, even very uneven terrain. On mine I am going to use a form of force sensing on the feet instead, so it will be possible to tell exactly how much weight is on each foot, may be unnecessary but it isn’t that complicated and is surprisingly very cheap, just involves some magnets, springs and Hall effect sensors plus a 3D printed housing. I already have a prototype of the sensor but the final version will be better and built into the leg. I think you could improve its ability to do complex movements if you add an IMU, you can then give it a sense of balance, maybe allowing it to lift the front legs up and not fall over, maybe even allowing it to carry something between its front legs and walk with the remaining 4. As always great work, this is quickly becoming one of the best hexapods on KZread.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Yup! I actually already had them but I really didn't like the design. This new design is frankly really good. Uneven terrain walking should be fun to program. Oooh force sensing, it feels a bit overkill but it will definitely allow for smoother steps. I need to look into hall effect sensors. I plan on adding an imu with the next pcb redesign! Main thing for me is to keep it level when walking.

@conorstewart2214

Жыл бұрын

@@AecertRobotics yeah it may be overkill but my purpose for building it is mainly for learning and gaining experience so going a bit overkill is a good thing. I will have position feedback on the joints too and current sensing per leg, in total it means I need 30 adc channels so I will be using an FPGA for it as well as an ESP32.

This is the first episode of this series I’ve seen, and this is perhaps the fastest moving robot I’ve ever seen!

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Make sure to watch the other ones!

you made me say holy shit out loud, when i realised what you ment with the code of the gates... i love it, i wonder if you could make it do a threat posture like tarantula do

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, I definitely could! What i really need to do is add body position control

I don’t know why YT recommended this video for me, I have not looked for anything like this before, but I am glad it did. This was just enjoyable to watch :D

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Makes me really happy to hear this 😊

The fact that your cat is unbothered by the robot spider suggests it’s seen crazier things😂

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 My going theory is that it doesn't have a smell, but I like this one more 😂

I actually cannot wait to get my hands on the build guide. I teach robotics at secondary school and the kids make a basic but very capable quadraped. I would love to show them something more complex

@conorstewart2214

Жыл бұрын

Can you share any information on what they build? It would be interesting to see what they teach in schools now. When I was in secondary I was one of not many people in the country who took the advanced higher engineering science course.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

I'm super happy to hear that as a teacher you are interested in this!

@robstark4346

Жыл бұрын

Really the learn how to program and build using arduino. Ranging for various circuit types and mini sensor projects to robotic arms and the quadraped. We also do a robot wars event where the kids have to build and program their own robot. I'm trying to get that event to be active in multiple schools.

Wish I hadn't sold my Bioloid Dynamixel kit back in 2010. Because now I have a 3D printer and that kit would really come in handy.

Just found your channel. Amazing! Subbed 🧡

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

❤️

This is awesome. Will you eventually connect it to something like a gpt model or personal variant so it could be something like a personal pet/assistant that helps in most things requested? Like you address it and ask it what something is or to connect to a computer kinda like a ghost in destiny. This is too cool.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

For this project probably not... a bit beyond the scope of what im trying to do, but I love the idea!

This is Awesome !!! I wish they sold this like an RC Hexapod RTR !!!!!!

it would be cool to measure the increase and decrease in resistance of the servos to calculate impact, weight and inertia to make procedural animations for the robot. you could also do this with MEMS-based accelerometers but that adds weight and you wouldn't be able to tell how much something weighs.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

The most im going to do in that area is use foot switches to know when the legs are on the ground, then have a gait that uses that info to walk over uneven terrain.

@Froothy

Жыл бұрын

@@AecertRobotics i saw the stream where you designed something like that. that solution also works.

That cat is chill as hell.

I like how the cat has zero fucks to give about the murderbot in the making...

@AecertRobotics

5 ай бұрын

Ikr 🤣

you gotta drop the stl for that foot switch that looks so good

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Email me and I'll send it to you 🙂

WOW that is really great...

the way that the slam looks it kinda reminds me of the skyrim dwemer spider worker attack. in fact the design of it reminds me alot of the dwemer spider worker.

The cat watching it like "Soon you will be worthy... Our battle will be legendary!"

@AecertRobotics

10 ай бұрын

🤣 they know it's not living and they basically just ignore it or use it to pet themselves with lmao

That's a chill cat

Hey man, just out of curiousity, do you have any previous background in robotics? I was really involved and into VEX robotics in high school and dabbled a bit into VEX-U in college. Excellent video and the way you're able to breakdown the engineering and design process into something thats both entertaining and easy to understand is amazing and impressive.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

My background in robotics consists of building with lego mindstorms nxt as a kid, some basic arduino stuff in highschool (ofcourse they got vex the year after.....) and some robotics programming/electrical engineering (think line follower type stuff) in college. Honestly my game dev experience has helped me the most. Vex stuff looks so freaking cool. That means a lot, I really appreciate it ❤️My experience creating tutorials is paying off 😄

I have bought white PLA and just waiting for the files to release. This would be an awesome build.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

It *will* be an awesome build 😉 Also I recommend petg!! It's better for mechanical parts that will be under stress.

You're a genius man, I am out here watching in awe

The swarm got new updated!!!

Your project is truly impressive. While it may appear as just a mere toy to most people, but I see its potential for educational purposes. The process of building this robot can be broken down into various stages that involve different levels of difficulty and practical skills such as modeling, 3D printing, coding, and wiring. There is also great potential to include additional features such as a head-tracking camera or a machine learning algorithm. I am so curious to see how far this project will go.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that, ty! 🙂 I could not agree more!! This is exactly how I feel about it.

i love that the cat is so chill watching it lol

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

The hexapod is like the same size as them and they dont even blink 🤣

Congratulations. You have invented: Spider 2.

I see this turning into one of the coolest remote control toys ever.

Very cool project! When your hexapod moves, the body moves a bit up and down, is that a minor error in the inverse kinematics or motor jitter?

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

That is a great question. I know it's not jitter, but I'm pretty sure it isn't the ik either but idk. My best guess is that when 3 legs are hitting the ground the servos rotate a little, but when all 6 legs are hitting the ground in between steps, they better support the weight and push the hexapod a bit higher.

1) In your first video you mentoned releasing the files of the project open source, are they public yet? I am a second semester student in Mechatronics and I would love to learn from your code. 2) Where did you learn how to develop software for a robot? If you do Web Development as a job, I assume robotics were mostly self-taught, even with a programming background that would make learning easier. 3) What are your future plans for the robot? What features are currently working on or planning to ad? Is there a "Endgoal" for the robot you are working towards? 4) Is your cat not scarred robot?

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Email me and I'll send you the files! Be warned though the code is hard to follow atm. I have a cs degree and a lot of game dev experience, which helped a surprising amount with coding the hexapod. So yeah self taught 😄. Only robotics experience prior was Lego nxt as a kid, and an engineering / Arduino class in highschool. Future plans are to finish it by adding foot switches, a controller redesign, a full cad redesign, and armor attachments. Then I'll be creating a kit for others to build it as well. And some time in the future a course teaching the skills needed to do what I did. The cats are completely used to it. I think they ignore it because it doesn't have a smell 😄

thats the best spyder robot i have ever seen

love the project , the slam looks great. the switch is a realy cool idea to and will enable a loot of possibilities, ut i think you might have given it a bit too much activation travel , might be worth a try to make it bit shorter.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It shoulddd be good since I made the spring pretty thin but yeah I can always adjust it if needed

Outstanding project! I would love to make one. Any estimate when the STLs would be available?

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂 Email me and I'll send you them, but they won't be finished for a bit so keep that in mind.

You've successfully triggered my arachnaphobia with the slam attack. Well done

This is cool & reminds me of a mimic (or a typhon) from prey 2017 (it's also because I'm playing it again as of recently so yeah) that being said if it was black or something then yeah it would be for sure a mimic & I'd have to whack it with my wrench

Awesome.

This absolutely amazing, why hasn't this blown up yet?

@Espartanica

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he knows how to avoid overloading the battery too much to avoid that

@exotrrc1636

Жыл бұрын

​@@Espartanicathey meant the video going viral

@Espartanica

Жыл бұрын

@@exotrrc1636 I was making a joke

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

ngl, this video is kinda blowing up 😄

@exotrrc1636

Жыл бұрын

@@Espartanica Oh... I guess I'm stupid.

Ita like a really cute robot spider! I love it!!!

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

You are definitely in the minority 😄

@Garbage-Bound-Filth

Жыл бұрын

@@AecertRobotics people need to love little silly robot spiders more. 😤

you should put spring for extra power on those attack

Well done puny human. Your work has been assimilated into the combat matrix of the growing Skynet interweb. You will by rewarded with a speedy demise by simultaneous penetration from eye sockets to buttock by a machine learning improved model of this viable termination bot concept.

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

🤣😬🤖

Now we need it bigger, gas powered, and equipped with flamethrowers

impressive

Subscribed ❤

Look's cool!

Not sure if you are aware of Unity3Ds ML Agents; having a neural net train on walking obstacle recovery gating would be interesting. Since you already wrote the gating, it could „just“ tune higher order variables like timing, speed, curve coefficients to achieve goals like smooth walking, speed, battery consumption etc. Like the Project. Love the Cat 😻

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

I probably could... This project though I don't think I'll do anything like that. I do however want to make a different hexapod where it's movement is completely done by machine learning. Itll have 4 legs, 2 servos per leg, and I think it'll be really interesting to see what happens.

It looks so terrifying, and I'm concerned about pikachu. I love it, I kinda wanna build it myself

This is what I imagine the large hexapod Hacksmith created, is there like some hope you can collaborate to continue that project, but anyway this is really cool! maybe you can use the two front foot to hold an item like a mantis!

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this design doesnt scale well. Although using motors that are used in robot dogs could possibly work... I was thinking about adding some sort of grippers to the front legs. But i think im going to just add an arm ontop. not sure tbh!

@clarcktumazar

Жыл бұрын

@@AecertRobotics oohh thats unfortunate, maybe extend the arms longer so it can like have a "teeth" below the belly and pick something up and transport them anyway cant wait for the next vid!

Bruh this new Battlebot looks dope

A good improvement idea could be putting rubber on the tips on the tips of the legs to make it not slide as much

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

I already do! But they could be way better... I wonder if 3d printing them from a gripping material is the solution?

And this channel just has 10k subscribers? With such qality and interesting content? Are you kidding me?

@AecertRobotics

Жыл бұрын

You're too kind 😊 Channel is only a couple months old, so frankly im very happy with the growth!