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#10  

not yet!....but at least its a platform that with a little ingenuety(sp) could be copied. I am thinking with a coouple of clear or colored plastic tubs and jigsaw cut out the pieces and rivot everything together......I guess the wheels are canted to give it more stability? Ive got my own project on the go right now not to mention "the list" ie R2D2, johnny5 B9........

#11  

They probably don't belong to Noland Bushnell anymore, I am guessing. Where is the homepage.

#12  

Ah, the Androbot. Met it's death in the early '80s!:(Was a very cool concept. Fun Fact: the Founder went on to invent, (wait for it.....) "Chuck E. Cheeses" Kids Restaurant! lol

Here is WHY the wheels are designed that way.

#13  

Let's try that again:

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#14  

Here's a Bot I built around 10 years ago, based on the same wheel concept. "R.U.B.E.N.", No where near the sophistication of the EZ-B, but I may resurrect him with an EZ-B, instead of the slow Pentium I motherboard it has,,,lol

http://robots.net/robomenu/986928638.html

#16  

OH I see, ..... The wheels positioned that way kind of give it the effect of the old blow up punch clowns but with wheels. For the young'ens around here that was a 4' vinyl clown that was blown up like a beach ball and the bottom was round and filled with sand. When a kid punched it, it would fall back with the force of the hit and then roll back upright, ready for another punch. Great fun and a good way for kids to burn off aggression and energy. Don't know if they even exist anymore. The PC crowd and helicopter parents probably have had them banned. tired