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Peristalsis: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2012-01-30 15:12 in Robotics
Another propulsion method that works better in simulation:

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  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,241
    edited 2012-01-27 15:07
    I fail to see the advantage.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-01-27 15:20
    It's "different". It's "inspired by nature". It's complicated.

    Isn't different better?

    Isn't nature better?

    Isn't complicated better?
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,241
    edited 2012-01-27 15:22
    erco wrote: »
    It's "different". It's "inspired by nature". It's complicated.

    Isn't different better?

    Isn't nature better?

    Isn't complicated better?

    Inspired by nature I understand. The rest, meh.
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2012-01-27 16:50
    If David Cronenberg designed robots, that would be something he would come up with.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2012-01-27 17:27
    That thing sure has alot of moving parts.
    Nature isn't all that complicated, Duplicating nature is the complicated part...
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2012-01-27 19:28
    I sure hope the colonoscopy docs don't get their hands on this.
  • RS_JimRS_Jim Posts: 1,766
    edited 2012-01-29 06:23
    No, that will be reserved for diy colonoscopy market.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-01-29 07:09
    Open source colonoscopy - there's a shield and a sketch for that!
  • schillschill Posts: 741
    edited 2012-01-30 15:12
    mindrobots wrote: »
    Open source colonoscopy - there's a shield and a sketch for that!

    That may be one thing I wouldn't want to use a Propeller for.
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