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Offline gamefreakTopic starter

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Steam powered bots
« on: May 27, 2008, 07:53:18 PM »
Im soooo jealous......

http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/
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Re: Steam powered bots
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2008, 03:24:33 AM »
lol

i made one of these!  ;D

the steam engine (i mage myself) went to a generator that supplied power to my moter that allowed it to go forward

then with a bumper switch at the front. if it hit something it went backwards for a few seconds, then continued forward

No microcontroler...

i might try to find it again...get it up and running again...

I wouldn't have a clue were it went

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Re: Steam powered bots
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2008, 05:18:37 PM »
Dude, the steam ball post is so cool. It's like addicting to watch, lol. I wonder how it works...

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Re: Steam powered bots
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2008, 01:39:33 PM »
I know a ton about steam engines!!! ;)
I went to that site before if that kind of power could be used instead of motors, you'd have hydralic strength pistons on a minature robot, imagine where THAT could go!

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Re: Steam powered bots
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2008, 03:58:00 AM »
Im soooo jealous......

http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/

OK I know I said this in another post but, this is the coolest thing I've seen ever :D

I always liked the art of steam robots in scifi movies/covers and it looks so badass in real life.

 

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