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Hamster-powered Theo Jansen-style Walking Bot

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
edited 2011-02-07 10:20 in Robotics
The title says it all:

-Phil

Comments

  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-02-06 22:41
    I see Leon makes a quick cameo appearence at around :52 seconds... sort of a concerned onlooker type roll. :cool:

    Is that contraption considered Autonomus? I mean, it can navigate to it's desired location on it's own right?
    So why do I need a Propeller, or a Stamp? hmmm..

    I see some other real potential here, I'm thinking maybe four or five hundred hamster's under the hood of My truck..
    Training them to not eat, might be an issue though...
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-02-06 23:46
    Ttailspin wrote: »
    I see some other real potential here, I'm thinking maybe four or five hundred hamster's under the hood of My truck..
    Ttailspin, that's the idea, but if you want real horsepower, you'll need to use real horses.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-02-07 06:57
    I did have limited success with Miniuture Horses... but again, there was some space management issues,
    And diet issues, that continued to plague project "Hay Burn"...:frown:
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2011-02-07 09:49
    Oh, so now we're not only behind the Chinese technologically, we've fallen all the way behind hamsters?

    America really needs to invest more in STEM education.
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2011-02-07 10:20
    How about a hamster powered night light?
    http://www.otherpower.com/hamster.html
    -dan
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