Wow, this is really cool… a radio controlled snake robot…maybe it can climb trees? and interact AI to those big snakes, anaconda?

Materials: Basswood and brass.

Components: Discrete TTL Control Unit, 14 servos, 16 batteries, 2-channel radio control. S1 was a recreation of earlier work by Shigeo Hirose in Japan, in which a single train of deflection travels down the length of the snake. Oscillatory deflections cause the snake to move forward. An offset to the oscillations causes the snake to steer. The wheels on each segment allow the snake to slide along its length while gripping laterally. Novel features include the use of servos of different sizes along the length of the snake to give a more tapered appearance. This feature increases the realism and efficiency of the snake but means that each segment has to be custom designed. Remote control is achieved using a vertical joystick for speed, and a horizontal one for steering.

via snakerobots

Tags: basswood, brass_components, channel_radio_control, Cool, custom_designed, discrete, joystick, Microcontroller, novel_features, radio_controlled, realism, robots, Robots, servos, shigeo_hirose, snake, snakebot, snakes_anaconda, snake_robot, ttl, Zedomax

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 30th, 2006 at 9:37 am and is filed under Cool, Microcontroller, Robots.
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