Re: Tech for walkers one step closer

Add to the 'walkers' how bonkers the robot builders are going to go when
this 
stuff becomes available from places like "robots.com" :o)

I don't know if anyone caught one of the "Robotica" episodes last month,
but 
the (almost) run away champion was a 'walker' bot that stunned everyone.

It had a top speed of 30mph+, and was ultra-manuverable as a two-wheeled

robot. (Two 'feet' actually, which made handling a bit problematical,
but it 
was so fast the competition couldn't keep up. Litterally :o)

It blew through the first three rounds to the final and only lost
because the 
opposition 'lifter' bot hooked under it and flipped it out of the ring.
(In 
record time, 6 seconds I believe :o)

The major 'flaw' was that the 'feet' wore out rapidly. (They had a spare
set 
but it would have taken to long to change them)

The general consensus was that if it had had:
1. An actual 'weapon' such as a lifter arm...
2. If it had had four, instead of two feet for better control..
3. Had massed more than it did....

It probably WOULD have won. :o)

Randy