Guy Building Giant SpiderBot In Vermont Wilderness
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 30 of January , 2009 at 4:13 am
The world needs more giant robots. This is the philosophy of Jaimie Mantzel, who has taken it upon himself to create his own giant robot for the world to enjoy. His plans are to construct a 12 foot tall, 18 foot wide hexapod that a human can sit in and pilot. He has a working model, which you can see in the vid below:
This all seems like a little bit of a pipe dream, and it kinda is, since Jaimie is in desperate need of a bunch of pipe. He’s already put some serious work into the full size robot, though, and you can follow his progress on his website. And if you have any aluminum pipe laying around, Jaimie would really like to talk to you…
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Comment by Ironman
Made Friday, 30 of January , 2009 at 1:32 pm
seems like you’ve made a post on this guy before…
anyways it’s a pretty cool project.
although a tad bit like the blair witch project of robots.
Comment by Moose
Made Monday, 2 of February , 2009 at 4:25 pm
The world needs more constructively inclined borderline madmen like that guy.
Comment by Jaimie
Made Sunday, 17 of May , 2009 at 2:53 pm
Pipedream, eh? You may give up on your dreams, but for me, they are a part of life. I’ve been told my plans are pipedreams all my lifef, but I keep doing them anyway. :-)
Jaimie