Autonomous Rescue.
High Precision. Zero Risk.
Connect human rescue teams with highly capable autonomous robots to navigate treacherous subterranean environments.
Hexy
Multimodal Search-and-Rescue Hexapod in Cave Environments
AI robot that searches dangerous caves before humans have to.
Autonomous Cave Exploration
Navigates unknown terrain without human guidance
Multimodal Survivor Detection
Visual and audio sensing for comprehensive search
Noise-Triggered Investigation
Moves toward suspicious sounds automatically
Real-Time Mapping
Generates safe paths for human rescuers
How Hexy Operates
Human Instructions
Chat-based command interface.
Autonomous Execution
Self-directed exploration and decision-making.
Rescue Intelligence
Safe paths delivered to teams.
Tech Stack
Back-End Stack
Grounding DINO
Survivor detection with precision 0.227 and recall 0.488
Whisper
Audio understanding for noise detection
Qwen2.5-VL
Multimodal reasoning engine
MuJoCo + Brax
Physics simulation for training
Docker + Docker Compose
Deployment orchestration
Front-End Stack
React + Typescript + Vite
Chat interface and control panel
Tailwind
Utility-first CSS styling for fast, consistent UI design
Three.js
Real-time 3D visualization
MuJoCo React
Browser-based simulation viewer
React Three Fiber
Interactive 3D rendering for immersive visualization
Ready for initialization.
$ git clone https://github.com/AMD-Hackathon-ISPM/hexy
$ cd hexy
$ docker compose up --build
# Terminal 1 (Backend):
$ cd backend
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ uvicorn app.main:app --reload
# serves on http://localhost:8000
# Terminal 2 (Frontend):
$ cd frontend
$ npm install
$ npm run dev
# serves on http://localhost:5173