View Single Post
  #8   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-12-2005, 17:13
coastertux coastertux is offline
Penn State Class of 2010!
AKA: Steve
FRC #1640 (sab-BOT-age)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Downingtown, PA
Posts: 264
coastertux is just really nicecoastertux is just really nicecoastertux is just really nicecoastertux is just really nicecoastertux is just really nice
Send a message via AIM to coastertux
Re: Tank Tread Stair Climber

The MythBuster's Vex stair climber looks pretty cool. Maybe you can get ideas from that. The most important thing though, as it has been said before, is CG management. If the robot tips, it is most likely going to fall down the stairs. Another possibility would be something like the stair climbing wheel chair designed by Dean Kamen (can't find a link).
__________________
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality." ~Albert Einstein
DHSE '06, PSU '10 (Eberly College of Science - Chemistry)