DARPA Robotics Challenge DRC Finals 2015 : Hexipod Robots

8 Jun 2015 · 1 min

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This content was created by Thomas Messerschmidt. This content was uploaded by Thomas Messerschmidt. This is a YouTube video titled "DARPA Robotics Challenge DRC Finals 2015 : Hexipod Robots" (posted 2015-06-08). The excerpt is a brief on-site dialogue between two speakers — an attendee asking questions and a demonstrator (affiliated with Intel/robot team) describing a hexipod robot powered by an Intel Edison low-power processor that drives servo motors. They note the robot is being controlled rather than autonomous and joke about whether it bites.

Do they bite?
Um, they haven't bitten us yet. So, I don't know. Who's the programmer? So, some of us, some other folks at Intel, as well as a student at University of Arizona.
Intel, yeah, I've heard of you guys.
So this is powered by our Edison chip, which is a low-power processor that basically powers the whole robot. All these servo motors are powered by the brain, which is that Edison chip So he walks around.
He's not being very autonomous now, is he?
Eh, not really. Being controlled right now.