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RHex Robot – From the makers of BigDog

The Rugged Robot that Devours Rough Terrain
RHex is a man-portable robot with extraordinary rough terrain mobility. RHex climbs over rock fields, mud, sand, vegetation, railroad tracks, telephone poles and up steep slopes and stairways. RHex has a sealed body, making it fully operational in wet weather, in muddy and swampy conditions, and it can swim on the surface or dive underwater. RHex’s remarkable terrain capabilities have been validated in independent testing at US Government Labs.

RHex is controlled remotely from an operator control unit at distances up to 600 meters. A video uplink provides front and rear views from RHex’s onboard cameras. RHex also uplinks navigational data from onboard compass and GPS and from payload sensors. A downlink allows the operator to control mobility and to operate mission payloads.

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25 responses to “RHex Robot – From the makers of BigDog”

  1. gonhop Avatar
    gonhop

    wheels cant get up …
    wheels cant get up surfaces like legs can maybe…

  2. Uchiha918 Avatar
    Uchiha918

    better traction im …
    better traction im guessing

  3. Valkmir Avatar
    Valkmir

    and then its joints …
    and then its joints get filled with sand and playtime is over

  4. ketanovas Avatar
    ketanovas

    how are these legs …
    how are these legs better than wheels?

  5. PackageSeverance Avatar
    PackageSeverance

    probably offensive …
    probably offensive to religious people

  6. VQD25 Avatar
    VQD25

    make it the size of …
    make it the size of a tank

  7. asssface2000 Avatar
    asssface2000

    where do you shoot …
    where do you shoot it to stop it?

  8. Metalnewb Avatar
    Metalnewb

    thats funny one
    thats funny one

  9. Bausernameieimue Avatar
    Bausernameieimue

    no amter how kewl …
    no amter how kewl and practical it is its still retarded

  10. repareren1 Avatar
    repareren1

    i saw the episode …
    i saw the episode when they’d tried again and it failed again… -.-

  11. repareren1 Avatar
    repareren1

    +Guns and bombs
    +Guns and bombs

  12. kiddybfg Avatar
    kiddybfg

    I think we’ll look …
    I think we’ll look back one day on robots like these and laugh at ourselves 🙂

  13. NakabaDorago Avatar
    NakabaDorago

    I love that moment …
    I love that moment when it got stuck in the wet mud for a moment and it had just stopped.. you can imagine a “okay then, let’s try this again!”

  14. Thomson132 Avatar
    Thomson132

    its awesome why …
    its awesome why dont you make mas production and replace the cameras with extra strong engines and replace the lang range with the short radar

  15. Steffan33 Avatar
    Steffan33

    now we can put a …
    now we can put a glass of water on its back and feed the hunger in africka

  16. rv186rs Avatar
    rv186rs

    hmm has to ba a …
    hmm has to ba a high wall to, ey put some suction thingys(srry dunno the english word) on it and that wont be a probelm either

  17. stwade Avatar
    stwade

    yea it was because …
    yea it was because the frame was way too heavy i think is what they said. i hope they’re redesigning it cause if a big one worked like this one it would be unstoppable

  18. nokia1110 Avatar
    nokia1110

    that is …
    that is determination in motion!

  19. madman485 Avatar
    madman485

    its only natural …
    its only natural enemy: a wall

  20. oilotnoM Avatar
    oilotnoM

    Far simpler to make …
    Far simpler to make I’d imagine, BigDog looked veeery complex.

  21. chaoslover7 Avatar
    chaoslover7

    they tried that on …
    they tried that on discovery channel
    it had the same lefs but when they made it bigger it just kept fallin

  22. villLe Avatar
    villLe

    looks disturbing
    looks disturbing

  23. JiroZero713 Avatar
    JiroZero713

    Make a bigger …
    Make a bigger version and you have an all terrain super vehicle. Awesome.

  24. AnarchistAaron165 Avatar
    AnarchistAaron165

    o soz 0.53 for why …
    o soz 0.53 for why i said vvvvvvvvvvvv tht below this

  25. AnarchistAaron165 Avatar
    AnarchistAaron165

    chooo chooo choo …
    chooo chooo choo choooo smash now i like to see if it can keep its self ing upright

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