This is a "WICKED ONE"

[ALIBE]

In the current Servo mag, I bumped into this really cool - what appears to be a landroving robot. Anybody knows who makes these or owns this. It appears to have some actuators on each of the wheels and quite a bit of gear on-board.

thought I'd share

pic courtesy of Servo Magazine


http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=43756

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[Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)]

All that fancy metalwork, and it looks like it's using rolls of strapping tape — or just the cardboard cores — for tires!

[ALIBE]

these pics from NASA Mars Rover are some robots
(a (http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/spacecraft/images/tworovers.jpg))

(b (http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/spacecraft/images/liverover.jpg))

and this (http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/artwork/hires/rover1.jpg)art work

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ALIBE - Artificial LIfe BEing. In search of building autonoumous land robot

http://ALIBE.crosscity.com/ (http://ALIBE.crosscity.com/)
http://fstop.crosscity.com/
http://icar.crosscity.com/
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[Paul Baker]

Phil, it's the Post Office's automated package sealing bot ;).

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Paul Baker (mailto:pbaker@parallax.com)
Propeller Applications Engineer
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Parallax, Inc. (http://www.parallax.com)

[ALIBE]

thought I'd re-surface this very old thread.· Does anyone
here knows more details about this robot (pic in the original post)

sorry - I realize this is a non-prop thread - feel free to move it over else where.

thanks



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[Stan671]

Those tan "tires" are not cardboard - they are rubber strips glued to the wheels.

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Stan Dobrowski

[TransistorToaster]

The angle of the cuts of rubber glued on to the wheels look well thought out for a quick project. I would tend to think a snap fit insertion type of tire would be more professional looking considering the complexity of the rest.