Yes. I found four hexapod robots, all built around NVIDIA Jetson computers. Two are listed as Legged Robots and two as Educational & Research Robot Kits.
Hexapod robots xiaorgeek... +3xiaorgeek.net ↗“XR Hexapod J1 is a bionic programmable hexapod robot”xiaorgeek.net ↗“programmable hexapod robot kit from XiaoR GEEK”hiwonder.com ↗“JetHexa is a ROS hexapod robot kit powered by NVIDIA Jetson Nano B01”hiwonder.com ↗“ROSpider is an all-terrain ROS2 hexapod platform”
| Product | Maker | Catalog group | Jetson module | Sensors | ROS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XR Hexapod J1 | XiaoR GEEK | Legged Robots | Jetson Nano | Not listed | Not listed |
| Phage ROS Hexapod | XiaoR GEEK | Legged Robots | Jetson Nano | Depth camera | ROS |
| JetHexa | Hiwonder | Educational & Research Robot Kits | Jetson Nano B01 | 3D depth camera, LiDAR | ROS 1 (ROS Melodic) |
| ROSpider | Hiwonder | Educational & Research Robot Kits | Jetson Nano (4GB), Jetson Orin Nano Super (8GB), Jetson Orin NX Super (8GB or 16GB) | TOF LiDAR, 3D depth camera, IMU, microphone array | ROS 2 (ROS 2 Humble) |
What each one offers for a class:
- XR Hexapod J1: A bionic, programmable hexapod for the Jetson Nano. The maker publishes its specs only as images, so most of its details aren't in our catalog. xiaorgeek...xiaorgeek.net ↗“Specifications on the maker's page are in images only”
- Phage ROS Hexapod: A programmable kit that you program in Python. It comes with a depth camera. xiaorgeek...xiaorgeek.net ↗“Phage ROS Hexapod robot Python programming with depth camera”
- JetHexa: Built for SLAM mapping, navigation and YOLO/TensorRT projects. It weighs 2500 g and runs for about 1 h on a battery. hiwonder.comhiwonder.com ↗“SLAM mapping, navigation and YOLO/TensorRT projects”
- ROSpider: An all-terrain platform with eighteen bus servos and a 6DOF arm. It weighs 3200 g and runs for about 1 h on a battery. It can also take a Raspberry Pi 5 as its main computer instead of a Jetson. hiwonder.comhiwonder.com ↗“eighteen bus servos, a 6DOF arm”
Of the four, ROSpider is the only one that supports both ROS 2 and Orin-series Jetson modules. That could matter if your course uses ROS 2 or newer Jetson hardware.