The real Robocop: Ex-policeman builds robot from household goods

Matthew Knight, CNN
Updated 7:24 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2013
Former Baltimore cop, Mark Haygood and his robot HEX, which he made by recycling electrical equipment.
HEX: The homemade humanoid robot —
Former Baltimore cop, Mark Haygood and his robot HEX, which he made by recycling electrical equipment.
Mark Haygood
HEX is four foot, three inches tall and weighs 50 pounds. Haygood fell in love with robots at a young age. "I grew up very poor in Baltimore and every Christmas my mother used to purchase toy robots for me -- the kind that shuffled across the floor, spun around with lights flashing. I thought they were the most marvelous things on the planet," he says.
HEX: The homemade humanoid robot —
HEX is four foot, three inches tall and weighs 50 pounds. Haygood fell in love with robots at a young age. "I grew up very poor in Baltimore and every Christmas my mother used to purchase toy robots for me -- the kind that shuffled across the floor, spun around with lights flashing. I thought they were the most marvelous things on the planet," he says.
Mark Haygood
His feet are made from cooking trays and his legs were built using hi-fi speakers.
HEX: The homemade humanoid robot —
His feet are made from cooking trays and his legs were built using hi-fi speakers.
Mark Haygood
Haygood dismantled fans and power tools to create HEX's arms. He also used a 3D printer to make the hands.
HEX: The homemade humanoid robot —
Haygood dismantl