Dewalt Strandbeast

[Kaido]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/09/become-a-mechanical-centaur-with-this-wild-drill-walker/

That would make an awesome Halloween costume

 

[edro]

Wow, I'm impressed.
That is a lot of mechanical work for that small of an electric motor.

The trick is that the wheels are under the person and the legs are simply pushing the main load forward. Still pretty impressive.

 

[deadlyapp]

That's awesome. I'm also really surprised that it was all made out of wood - at first I thought it was all aluminum.

 

[SP33Demon]

Really badass. Although I wonder if you could make it jerk less between steps where the feet would spend less time on the ground.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

That man is going to pick up sooooo much pussy in that thing.

 

[Fenixgoon]

that's incredible. that guy is way smarter than me

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Really badass. Although I wonder if you could make it jerk less between steps where the feet would spend less time on the ground.

yes, you could use inverse kinematics to get an optimized geometry but you'd still have 2 points of zero velocity, kind of top and bottom dead center

 

[MrPickins]

Really badass. Although I wonder if you could make it jerk less between steps where the feet would spend less time on the ground.

I was thinking that more legs would do it, as long as they were out of phase with the first two.

 

[skyking]

yes, you could use inverse kinematics to get an optimized geometry but you'd still have 2 points of zero velocity, kind of top and bottom dead center

adding a 3rd or 4th leg would help significantly, you could time things to remove most of the zero velocity by the new foot lifting it off the stale foot before that point.

 

[DesiPower]

What kind of butt massaging camel nostalgic shit is that?

 

[John Connor]

Being the dork I am I would love to have a segway to go door to door with in my John Connor costume and collect candy.

Speaking of DeWalt... I seen a pic of a nail gun that looked liked a M4 and ran off a 12 volt DeWalt battery. I was like, "FREAKING COOL!" I so want that! Then I read it was fake. So no money from me Black & Pecker disguise. LOL! (I own real tools: Craftsman.)

Edit- America, fuck yeah! http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2008/06/07/dewalt-ar-15-nail-gun/

 

[John Connor]

what kind of butt massaging camel nostalgic shit is that?

rofl! :d