Driving test
October 3, 2009admin No Comments »I have now connected the driving unit to the body. The body is supported by 4 20lbs gas springs mounted on the driving unit.
I connected the battery and motors together with s switch and took it for a ride down the long hall….Nice fast walking speed and lots of power and traction.
To make stress test and see what kind of power it had i took a hand pallet jack and stood on it and grapped the robot – pushed the button and the robot started to pull me and the pallet jack down the hall !
Thats +120kg pulling force ! And you have to add the weight of the robot too !
The first reason for me to use a gas spring system is for the look and design of the robot.
I wanted the robot to stand tall and not to be so massive looking.
The second reason was to make the robot “soft” without having a soft shell.
I expect that the robot will bump in to many things and if the robot is like a solid rock driving it could accidently break stuff.
The gas spring system works like i wanted, the robot body will bend back 5-10cm when collision occurs. I can also push the body down 10cm.
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