Organic Robot Parts [Archive]

MBiddy

12-06-2002, 12:14

FIRST is going to allow organic parts on the robot in the next competition. So all you neurologists and biomechanical engineers can actually transplant the driver's brain into the robot so that can control its functions like limbs. I think this will add a lot of strategy to the competition. Arms and legs could also be worked into the design to provide faster movement and more precise gripping. Wow.

dlavery

12-06-2002, 13:22

Yeah, but you have to bring your own rats (or did you already say that about the drivers? :) ). See this article (http://www.rybak-et-al.net/chapin.html) that describes one of the activities in the DARPA Controlled Biological Systems Program (http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrust/sp/cbs/cprogram.html).

-dave

ChrisH

12-06-2002, 14:40

Actually they have for years, it's called WOOD. Wonderful stuff for the right application, a renewable resource too!

MBiddy

12-06-2002, 18:14

That may be, but with wood you don't have to worry about hooking up blood vessels and nerves.

Jnadke

19-06-2002, 14:28

Hrrm... could use legs from certain animals for movement... but I think their claws would be a violation of the "tearing up the carpet" rule...

oreocookeee

30-06-2002, 23:29

do you guys have an appendage donor list? where do i sign up?

Dan 550

01-07-2002, 02:21

The driver must be a sane person not addicted to "nuke" or else you'll get an evil RoboCop II outta your best OCP efforts!