Hazbot
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I thought I would start a thread on options and ideas on Robot mobility. To me one of the most fundamentally important things for a robot of any size is how it gets around. I have chosen tank treads for my Robot "Bob" see Project Showcase but I would love to share and hear what has been tried and tested, the successes and failures. I think this is an important part of Robot evolution.
Ok, so you think you've seen it all - check out how this robot gets around !!
Whilst the flying ball robot looks amazing, I'd question how long it fly around, it must draw a truck load of power !!
They for sure do , but imagine if it could recharge itself
it allmost could if you rewound it added some magnets and palsed its power at a high rate that could do it or atleast cause it to have a c.o.p in the 90s
I'm sure the military are working on that gadget - anything that can roll and fly can just about go anywhere.
na thay not interested in toys like that as it dont cost enuff for them lol
I think the military are working on nanobots (tiny insect type robots) and sand slither robots that discover mines (prototypes used in Iraque). I read that's where the guy that developed Robosapien - Mark Tilden - came up with his snake bot to discover mines and ironically also makes up his collection of commercial toys (not the military version - of course). Mark Tilden is worth reading up on for ideas on how robots move and how he believes they should be as simple as possible. He was a real pioneer in robots both for NASA and the Wow Wee Toy Company (Robosapien and several others).