Video Monday: Halluc 2
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 18 of May , 2009 at 3:39 am
This thing has been around for quite a while, but we haven’t covered it yet, so here ya go. It’s called Halluc 2, and it was designed by the Chiba Institute of Technology to function as a reconnaissance and rescue robot that can move over any sort of terrain. Halluc 2 uses 56 individual motors to power its eight three-jointed legs. The legs can all move independently, and have powered wheels on the ends which can be flipped around to be turned into feet depending on the surface Halluc 2 is trying to navigate. There are three different modes: vehicle, animal, and insect. In vehicle mode, Halluc 2 uses its wheels, whereas in the animal and insect modes, it walks with its legs underneath it for compactness or spread out for stability… The entire video is worth watching, ’cause Halluc 2 can do a bunch of cool stuff:
Reportedly, they’re working on one of these that a human can actually ride.
[ Future Robotics Technology Center (Translated) ] VIA [ Robot Watch (Translated) ]
And thanks to Hacked Gadgets for the reminder that this thing exists.
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Category: Biorobotics, Research, Transforming
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