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Go get me some conkers Right Now!

Anybody want to get rich? Let's build some replica conkers for arachnophobes. I bet they'd sell like lottery tickets!

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

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

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.

Yeah! They ARE cute when they're that small. They have to take such BIG hops just to get around.

This is my kind of spider.

Well....it wasn't fuzzy at all and it did not even jump once. Actually it did not seem to be very active at all.

Poor spider bot doesn't even have 8 legs.

Orca wrote:This is my kind of spider.

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.

bystander wrote:

Orca wrote:This is my kind of spider.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Spirit probably could have used some type of legs for backup!

Chris, did you build that?

Orca wrote:Chris, did you build that?

Yup. A long time ago now- 1997.

Pretty cool.

I've always thought robotics was an interesting field.

Who cares about the robot, what is the thing its standing on?

tc

A playful dog statue.

swainy wrote:Who cares about the robot, what is the thing its standing on?

One of my wife's sculptures, Dog Days.

Spider-infested ship turned away from port
Thousands spill out as cargo is unloaded; vessel last docked in South Korea

MSNBC news story.

Where's a can or two of RAID when you need it

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