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xJüs, the hexapodal robot with a passive-backbone to improve behavior over harsh terrain.
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Specific Goal of Robot #10

Closed Hughzie closed 11 years ago

Hughzie commented 11 years ago

We have until Friday morning to determine the goal of our project, time to legitimately brainstorm.

My idea: Add a storage compartment to the body and maximize the robot's load carrying capability, perhaps focusing on its load to weight ratio. Application: (Military) Carrying small but essential supplies such as ammo, medicine, or food between positions in a hostile environment. Reduces risk of human life. What's new: Requires a new body design capable of storing or attaching a reasonably sized object. Have to deal with the issue of minimizing the body weight while still ensuring the legs/motors and structure are capable of carrying an additional load. Varying loads will probably also affect the control system. Boston Dynamic's Big Dog is already designed to carry supplies, but this is not meant for battlefield conditions for obvious, lumbering, reasons.

towlett commented 11 years ago
  1. Do you want to make the robot bigger? I don't think another robot the size of the one that we already have would be capable of carrying very much even if we designed it around carrying stuff. Just wondering...
  2. Should we come up with some specific course that the robot should complete? If we have some general course to complete it may make Nosenchuck happy.
hmartiro commented 11 years ago

I think we should plan for ours to be a bit bigger, but i'm not sure carrying a load is a practical thing to do On Oct 3, 2012 10:30 PM, "towlett" notifications@github.com wrote:

Do you want to make the robot bigger? I don't think another robot the size of the one that we already have would be capable of carrying very much even if we designed it around carrying stuff. Just wondering...

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/hmartiro/project-thesis/issues/10#issuecomment-9128841.

Hughzie commented 11 years ago

Practical in the sense its not a good goal, or that we wouldn't be able to do it? On Oct 4, 2012 1:26 AM, "Hayk Martirosyan" notifications@github.com wrote:

I think we should plan for ours to be a bit bigger, but i'm not sure carrying a load is a practical thing to do On Oct 3, 2012 10:30 PM, "towlett" notifications@github.com wrote:

Do you want to make the robot bigger? I don't think another robot the size of the one that we already have would be capable of carrying very much even if we designed it around carrying stuff. Just wondering...

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub< https://github.com/hmartiro/project-thesis/issues/10#issuecomment-9128841>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/hmartiro/project-thesis/issues/10#issuecomment-9130985.

Hughzie commented 11 years ago

By load i mean 1-2 kg max. I feel like there are some really essential things that don't weigh very much, which could be carried in a compartment. I wouldn't want to make the robot longer or wider, I think it would be easiest and most space efficient to simply make it a little thicker, a 2 layer robot with electronics on top and a compartment underneath the whole body.

Hughzie commented 11 years ago

Meet at 8:30!!!! On Oct 4, 2012 8:34 AM, "Greg Hughes" g.hughzie@gmail.com wrote:

Practical in the sense its not a good goal, or that we wouldn't be able to do it? On Oct 4, 2012 1:26 AM, "Hayk Martirosyan" notifications@github.com wrote:

I think we should plan for ours to be a bit bigger, but i'm not sure carrying a load is a practical thing to do On Oct 3, 2012 10:30 PM, "towlett" notifications@github.com wrote:

Do you want to make the robot bigger? I don't think another robot the size of the one that we already have would be capable of carrying very much even if we designed it around carrying stuff. Just wondering...

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub< https://github.com/hmartiro/project-thesis/issues/10#issuecomment-9128841>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/hmartiro/project-thesis/issues/10#issuecomment-9130985.

hmartiro commented 11 years ago

Based on developments of the last two days, I think this is resolved

Our goal is to incorporate a passive backbone into the RHex design to enhance its motion by making it more fluid and natural, and study its effects on stability and gait.