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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    REAL spider/scorpion mech

    Plustech Oy (John Deere-Finland) Timberjack





    Just a moment...
    http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001436.html


    Pages w/video's;

    SBACV – Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular
    http://tech.commongate.com/post/John_Deere_s_Giant_Spiderbot


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2V8GFqk_Y


    I can just imagine a military version akin to the tank in Ghost in the Shell, if it could move a bit faster

    Add UAV tech to make a semi-Tachikoma?
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 20 December 2006, 03:48.
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    • Brian Ellis
      Super MURCer
      • Sep 1999
      • 9623
      #2
      Must be a whip scorpion - only has 6 legs, so is an insect!
      Brian (the devil incarnate)

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        • Dr Mordrid
          Moderator
          • Apr 2001
          • 26592
          #3
          Mentioned scorpion because of the "tail".

          OTOH if you go ROV, batteries and add a pair of manipulators it might make a cool lunar/Mars rover on steroids.
          Dr. Mordrid
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          An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

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            • Brian Ellis
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 9623
              #4
              Hate to think of the energy consumption, though. I doubt whether batteries would be viable!
              Brian (the devil incarnate)

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                • Dr Mordrid
                  Moderator
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 26592
                  #5
                  Meet NASA's SpiderNaut. This image is a 1/4 scale prototype



                  NASA's Spidernaut robot arachnid - Engadget
                  http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/16/nasas-spidernaut-robot-arachnid/
                  We've heard tell of NASA's Spidernaut, a large robot designed to service spacecraft, but after finally seeing it in action we're not so sure humans are fully prepared to battle against robots in the coming rebellion -- this thing is pretty hardcore. Supposedly its current incarnation is only 1/4 of the final size, but the target is a 600 pound robot that can distribute weight evenly over its eight legs to avoid damaging the skin of the spacecraft or for scurrying across solar panels. NASA is even looking into a "web" deployment system for the bot, in which case we're hiding the women and children and locking the doors.
                  Dr. Mordrid
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                  An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                  I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                    • Nowhere
                      Super MURCer
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 4830
                      #6
                      Recently I've also seen some big, 6-legged robot that NASA will supposedly use to move/assembly lunar habitats. Quite a big one...

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