T8X, bio-inspired 3D printed spider octopod robot, Robugtix Ltd., Hong Kong

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Developer and manufacturer - Robugtix Ltd.

Home page - robugtix.com/t8x

 

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T8 the Bio Inspired 3D Printed Spider Octopod Robot

Published on Jun 30, 2013

T8 is a wirelessly controlled bio-inspired octopod robot made with high resolution 3D printed parts. It uses a total of 26 motors: 3 in each leg and 2 in the abdomen. It is powered by the Bigfoot™ Inverse Kinematics Engine which performs all of the necessary calculations for smoothly controlling the motions of the robot in real time.

 

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T8 3D Printed Octoped Robot - Spider Salsa Rumba! Halloween 2013

Published on Oct 31, 2013

Powered by Robugtix's Bigfoot Engine, the T8 bio-inspired 3D printed spider robot is showing off some Spider Salsa dance moves. And there's a lot to celebrate... the spider robot you've been craving for is now going mainstream! Pre-order your very own Wi-Fi enabled T8X spider robot now for 499 USD.

 

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Inside Adam Savage's Cave: Awesome Robot Spider!

Published on Dec 5, 2013

We're back in Adam's cave to check out his latest obsession, a robot spider with incredibly realistic movement. Adam shows off the special box and platform he built to tinker and calibrate the spider, and then sends it crawling around the pool table in his shop. It's not for the arachnophobic!

 

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Show and Tell: Robugtix T8X Robot Spider!

Published on Jul 26, 2015

Remember Adam's creepy robot spider that he got a few years ago? The company that made that prototype has finally released the T8X, an updated version of the remote-controlled spider. Its movements are eerily lifelike, with an inverse kinematics algorithm coordinating all of its leg servos. In today's Show and Tell, Norm shows off what this spider can do!

 

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The rise of the Robugtix T8X Spider Robots

Published on Nov 13, 2015

Recorded using a swarm of Robugtix T8X Spider Robots.

The T8X Spider Robots each have 26 Robugtix servo motors and are powered by the proprietary Bigfoot Robotics Engine, which calculates all the complex robotics movements seen in the video in real-time.

No CGI was used in the making of this video.