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Title: giant Rhex robot
Post by: Admin on September 19, 2009, 07:44:58 AM

I just saw this today. Anyone know anything about it? It looks like a giant Rhex robot . . .

http://www.botmag.com/issue17/images/center.jpg (http://www.botmag.com/issue17/images/center.jpg)

(http://www.botmag.com/issue17/images/center.jpg)

Title: Re: giant Rhex robot
Post by: Canabots on September 19, 2009, 07:59:02 AM

This was on the show "Prototype This!" on the Discovery Channel. The goal was to create a truly all-terrain vehicle (to ride in) in which the design was based on the Rhex.

Unfortunately, it could only get up for a second before falling down, the chassis was heavier than originally expected...

Title: Re: giant Rhex robot
Post by: Admin on September 19, 2009, 08:16:01 AM

Quote from: Canabots on September 19, 2009, 07:59:02 AM

Unfortunately, it could only get up for a second before falling down, the chassis was heavier than originally expected...

Sounds like they didn't do a torque calculation :P

Title: Re: giant Rhex robot
Post by: Joker94 on September 19, 2009, 06:17:41 PM

the guy in the blue jeans that handles most of the mechanical stuff was well know for always trying to go with raw power and was a build as you go person there for he probably neglegted to do that time saving calculation.

Title: Re: giant Rhex robot
Post by: MangoBot on September 19, 2009, 07:05:34 PM

 whats a rhex robot?

Title: Re: giant Rhex robot
Post by: Admin on September 19, 2009, 07:39:00 PM

Quote from: MangoBot on September 19, 2009, 07:05:34 PM

whats a rhex robot?

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=rhex (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=rhex) robot

Title: Re: giant Rhex robot
Post by: MangoBot on September 20, 2009, 09:46:38 AM

pretty cool