Anybody want to get rich? Let's build some replica conkers for arachnophobes. I bet they'd sell like lottery tickets!
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:05 pm
by swainy
jman wrote:Anybody want to get rich? Let's build some replica conkers for arachnophobes. I bet they'd sell like lottery tickets!
Nope, people will probably wait another 60 days, save em salves some money?
tc
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:17 pm
by swainy
Oh yeah, If you big butch guys think for one second I believe you would sleep in a room full of spiders you are mistaken.
Don,t we need to prove things on this forum? Huh Huh Huh?
pmsl
tc
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:58 pm
by geckzilla
There's an incredibly tiny, cute jumping spider on the wall right next to my computer right now. I wish I had a macro lens to take a photo of it. It's only about 2-3 millimeters at its longest dimension.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:24 pm
by Beyond
Yeah! They ARE cute when they're that small. They have to take such BIG hops just to get around.
geckzilla wrote:Poor spider bot doesn't even have 8 legs.
Yeah, I don't think you can call it a spider. Hexapod is more appropriate.
You know though; something like that may have a place in exploring planets where it would have to traverse soft soil.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:10 pm
by bystander
orin stepanek wrote:You know though; something like that may have a place in exploring planets where it would have to traverse soft soil.
I think the pointed legs might be a disadvantage, however, if you put some snowshoe type pads on the ends ... Still, eight legs would be better, especially if the front pair could rotate horizontally in front, and perhaps even grasp ...
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:00 pm
by geckzilla
Yeah, but the more joints and moving parts it has the more chances it has to fail in such a harsh environment.You have to wonder if the simplicity of the wheel is really trumped by the versatile multi-leg system.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:14 pm
by BMAONE23
Perhaps place wheels at the end of each leg that could be locked or unlocked. Unlocked for faster travel accross plains and locked for climbing up slopes.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:44 pm
by Chris Peterson
geckzilla wrote:Yeah, but the more joints and moving parts it has the more chances it has to fail in such a harsh environment.You have to wonder if the simplicity of the wheel is really trumped by the versatile multi-leg system.
I've got a hexapod robot. The advantage is that it can climb over things that would be impossible for a wheeled device. The disadvantage is that the legs are complex and fairly fragile. I have seen some nice hybrid wheel/leg designs proposed for Martian exploration robots.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:50 pm
by orin stepanek
Spirit probably could have used some type of legs for backup!
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:56 pm
by Orca
Chris, did you build that?
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:01 pm
by Chris Peterson
Orca wrote:Chris, did you build that?
Yup. A long time ago now- 1997.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:09 pm
by Orca
Pretty cool.
I've always thought robotics was an interesting field.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:44 pm
by swainy
Who cares about the robot, what is the thing its standing on?
tc
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:37 pm
by geckzilla
A playful dog statue.
Re: Nuts about spiders?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:51 pm
by Chris Peterson
swainy wrote:Who cares about the robot, what is the thing its standing on?