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Flying Stingray

BobCochranBobCochran Posts: 8
edited 2009-12-12 02:54 in Robotics
Would it be practical to modify the Stingray robot to fly short distances, say 25 feet up a stairs? Flying would be the best way for the bot to traverse stairs, right? Thanks! --Bob

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  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2009-12-06 05:02
    Bob said...
    Would it be practical to modify the Stingray robot to fly short distances
    Not practical but it might be fun. If I were you I'd go with some form of anti-gravity device.

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2009-12-06 17:40
    If you can live with hovering instead of flying, this might work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40S8G2ZuRpE

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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2009-12-06 22:35
    Nope. The Stingray is too heavy to any sort of reasonable flying setup.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-12-08 16:12
    There's no reason you couldn't rig a crane/hoist system for it.

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  • John R.John R. Posts: 1,376
    edited 2009-12-08 18:41
    pyrotechnics...

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2009-12-09 00:32
    John R. said...
    pyrotechnics...
    Flying robots with pyrotechnics:

    http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk265/psmithalverno/WSGC%20Contest%202008/?mediafilter=videos

    Lotsa fun, not very effective. Costly, too, though these were all on NASA's dollar.
  • CannibalRoboticsCannibalRobotics Posts: 535
    edited 2009-12-09 02:20
    Motor, cable, pully's, about 20' of unistrut, a cafeteria tray and some track wheels.
    Your done!

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  • iDaveiDave Posts: 252
    edited 2009-12-09 02:30
    Always wanted to make a robot elevator! One of my future if i ever get to it projects.

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  • AlsowolfmanAlsowolfman Posts: 65
    edited 2009-12-09 04:02
    If you have a hand rail on the side of the stairs you could possibly make an arm that latches on and climbs that. that way you would not need to have any external hardware.

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  • DufferDuffer Posts: 374
    edited 2009-12-10 19:11
    I don't think a stingray will ever fly. Imagine my dissapointment when I realized that although it's named Stingray, it can't swim and in fact it doesn't even float! rolleyes.gif

    Duffer
  • ManetherenManetheren Posts: 117
    edited 2009-12-11 17:10
    Duffer
    It sounds like personal experiance there. lol

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  • CannibalRoboticsCannibalRobotics Posts: 535
    edited 2009-12-11 21:41
    Would be interesting to note if the stingray has the power to weight ratio and sticky enough wheels to go up a ramp of typical stairway inclination.

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  • iDaveiDave Posts: 252
    edited 2009-12-12 00:35
    $100 buck to the first person to strap a rocket to a stingray & send over snake river canyon!

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2009-12-12 02:54
    iDave said...
    $100 buck to the first person to strap a rocket to a stingray & send over snake river canyon!

    Piece o' cake - but it'd take a lot more than $100 to be worthwhile. I think it could be done for about $2500, plus bail and lawyers' fees.
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