[Isamu]

Memories! I actually scanned the video several times to see if I was in the background on the stairs. I remember seeing this being put though the paces in this space (those were CS offices in the background, I don't think this drive-through exists anymore.) Not sure that I saw Ivan driving the hexapod though.

There should be a Robotics Institute technical report about it, I recall Claude Shannon wrote a whimsical poem about the the hexapod.

[edit] some context: Ivan was a founder of Evans & Sutherland, a groundbreaking developer of computer graphics systems. From the wikipedia page: "Most of the employees were active or former students, and included Jim Clark, who started Silicon Graphics, Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, John Warnock of Adobe, and Scott P. Hunter of Oracle."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_%26_Sutherland

He is also known for Sketchpad, perhaps the first graphical user interface:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad

[edge17]

I'm pretty sure that's the Hammerschlag Hall faculty parking lot and the staircase in the background is the one that goes up to Porter Hall.

[Isamu]

This is adjacent to the current lot, the stair in the background is not the current one. There used to be this paved area that went underneath the steps to the entrance of Hamerschlag. There was also a loading dock there where I assume this hexapod made it out from wherever in Wean Hall it was constructed. This area is now occupied by lab space and from above is planted with grass.

[abrax3141]

It lived in a garage under the bridge, on the Wean/Porter side, between the cut and Hammerschlag.

[edge17]

Lived as in, you never left the lab or actually lived?? I spent more time in that building than almost anyone during my day, so 'lived there' is a loaded term :)

[abhinavsharma]

That door was a lifesaver when it was freezing cold and you got out of a deep down Schlag basement after soldering some stuff and had to go to your dh basement classes!

Also quick access to the weak library!

[throwaway_bad]

I assume you mean "wean library" instead of weak library lol