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Some really cool bots

agfaagfa Posts: 295
edited 2010-05-31 13:37 in Robotics
I caught this on the History Channel tonight.· Check out these bots and·the Armatron.

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

Enjoy.

Comments

  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2010-05-28 16:27
    That's NUTS! I loved it, thanks [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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    "puff"...... Smile, there went another one.
  • Possum79Possum79 Posts: 30
    edited 2010-05-29 03:15
    Can we say Wild Wild West with Will Smith. This guy is going to try and take over the world with steam. Ha. I always thought steam power was awesome I want to build one now.
  • PrettybirdPrettybird Posts: 269
    edited 2010-05-30 08:55
    Old technoligy meets new technoligy. I like it. Thinking. solar could run the electronics and the steam the motion. You do get alot more power / lb. with steam engines, but going back to burning fuel. A propane / solar bot would be interesting and no expensive motors and battery packs. lol
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-05-31 13:37
    I had an Armatron. I spent about an hour once taking it apart and putting it back together, so that I could see how it worked, as I was thinking of interfacing it to my TRS-80. It was a very clever piece of mechanical design.

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    Leon Heller
    Amateur radio callsign: G1HSM

    Post Edited (Leon) : 5/31/2010 1:42:04 PM GMT
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