Re: [sg] Spider Drones

> Spider Drones:
> Spider Drones (SDs) are small autonomous robots. They
> compact into a disc or hexigon about 15-20cm in diameter.
> When deployed, they have 4 long legs that extend and give
> the SD a maximum ground clearance of 1.5m (usually
> maintains a clearance of 30cm-1m). SDs weigh about 2kg.

Three legs plus two manipulators, actually, and they're widely used by
the
Machine People (who are somewhat larger, 3 legged autonomous robots). 
I've
been thinking about this for weeks now, if you're going to read my mind
you
might as well get the details.

I imagine Schoon has about finished drawing up plans for a Machine
People
ship, by now, so it will be superfluous for me to point out that they're
based on tetrahedral frameworks with spherical enclosures.