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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Steve Joblin on November 09, 2007, 11:55:25 AM

Title: Wheg Robots
Post by: Steve Joblin on November 09, 2007, 11:55:25 AM

Check out this video of Boston Dynamic's Rhex:

[youtube=425,350]a0NFrA-Nx4Y[/youtube]

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: Rebelgium on November 09, 2007, 12:32:30 PM

Yeah, I've already seen that one. :)
It's the best wheg robot I know of, I love the sturdyness of it, the way it recovered from that near-fall, the way it bounced when it was going downhill, the way it climbed those stairs ,etc.
This video inspired me to build my own, but I haven't had time to start with it yet... It'll be very hard to make mine as good as this one though :P

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: ed1380 on November 09, 2007, 06:08:32 PM

awesome

looks hilarious at teh the end running full speed

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: Admin on November 09, 2007, 10:34:05 PM

Correction, it was originally a robot developed at CMU, but other researchers have copied and advanced the design. :P

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: airman00 on November 11, 2007, 05:21:33 PM

looks like a wounded deer at the end ...lol   ;D

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: HDL_CinC_Dragon on November 11, 2007, 07:24:11 PM

cute hilarious little bugger aint he hahahah Its impressive the beating that thing can take. It looked awesome in the water too

I totally want to make one :'(

It does look absolutely hilarious at the end. I very LOLed hahaha

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: GUmeR on January 13, 2008, 01:34:20 PM

HAHA. Awesome design.

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: paulstreats on January 13, 2008, 03:21:04 PM

im gonna make one someday.

Any ideas on what to make the curved legs out of?

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: Half Shell on January 13, 2008, 05:13:57 PM

Here's a good question too - how would one determine that robot's position autonomously? You can't just use OSEs and determine a position from there. You could use vision but landmarks would constantly be changing angles and sometimes be upside down...

An interesting problem but still a cool bot.

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: Admin on January 13, 2008, 05:18:26 PM

being an outside robot I'd just use GPS ;)

http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=2803.0

Title: Re: Wheg Robots
Post by: SmAsH on January 13, 2008, 08:11:40 PM

lol admin you never cease to amase me :D but that robot is freakin kool i wish i had some sort of instructions..;D