MorpHex robot transforms from ball into creepy crawler (Albuquerque Journal)
The MorpHex in the early stages of the project.
(Credit: Kare Halvorsen )
In the world of robots, there are those that fall into the cute category, and
then there are those that just make your skin crawl.
The MorpHex robot is more of the creepy variety; well, creepy but cool, that
is. Designed by Norwegian engineer Kare Halvorsen (a.k.a. Zenta), the MorpHex
looks to be a big translucent ball, but it’s actually a hexapod that can
sprout legs and scamper away or chase you, depending on whether it’s used for
good or evil.
Chronicling the entire project on his blog, Halvorsen started MorpHex about a
year ago using a hacked up a globe from Toys R Us. He was able to bring the
hexapod to life using 25 servos (a device that provides power assistance to
operate a control), a Basicmicro ARC-32 board, an XBee radio, a 2S 5000mAh
LiPo battery pack, and a Turnigy 8amp regulator.
For now, the MorpHex’s only powers include the ability to crawl and retract
back into a ball, but Halvorsen says he’ll work on adding a rolling function
next.
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