mini cooper robot?

Brandon Martus · #1 16-03-2004, 14:08

Check this out: http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/

Vehicle to autonomous biped robot conversion for the Mini Cooper r50.

CG or not

?

MOEmaniac · #2 16-03-2004, 15:59

That was sick, the only thing that I thought was missing was a video of the car transforming into the robot and vise versa. But other than that all i can say is where can i get one. lol

Jay H 237 · #3 16-03-2004, 16:30

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Originally Posted by MOEmaniac

That was sick, the only thing that I thought was missing was a video of the car transforming into the robot and vise versa. But other than that all i can say is where can i get one. lol

Just like the Transformers back in the 80's. I think I still have a few. They also had a cartoon too.

Who knows, maybe 10 or 20 years from now we'll be building robots like this for FIRST. Opps, I better not give Dave Lavery any hints!

Just think of the autonomous program you'd have to write.

MOEmaniac · #4 16-03-2004, 19:12

how would we meet the weight restriction of 130 lbs.

Crash852 · #5 18-03-2004, 00:15

this reminds me of the Asimo robot that Honda built.

MOEmaniac · #6 18-03-2004, 15:44

Asimo robot????????????

wats that?

Crash852 · #7 18-03-2004, 18:58

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Originally Posted by MOEmaniac

Asimo robot????????????

wats that?

yeah, it's a robot built by honda that is able to simulate human movements, like walk or carry. Honda had a great commercial featuring it too.

Here's the website for it
http://asimo.honda.com/

Madison · #8 18-03-2004, 19:09

While I understand the complexity in making a robot walk, ASIMO's marketing campaign really is mostly, well, marketing. The technical achievements, while still amazing, aren't as amazing as they make them seem.

The MINI robot is computer generated.

activemx · #9 21-03-2004, 23:51

u mean thats not a real robot

Madison · #10 22-03-2004, 02:51

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Originally Posted by activemx

u mean thats not a real robot

That's exactly what I mean. It's fake.

Jeff Rodriguez · #11 02-04-2004, 19:27

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Originally Posted by M. Krass

That's exactly what I mean. It's fake.

Can anybody prove it?

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