--- Alfred Urrutia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (no hands for all but one of them).
Manipulator hands are possibly the WORST thing you can ever put on a
robot. They're small and weak compared to the rest of the machine.
They deflect and break too easily.
> Says who? Making them humanoid (faces/heads) is a bit much, I'll
> grant
> you, but something that walks has an advantage over rough terrain
> vs.
> wheeled or tracked vehicles. Flying is flying, of course, but we
> already have jets, helicopters and hovering jets so having a mech
> skate
> over the ground as it hovers just above isn't unreasonable, either.
There are more problems associated with making a mech flight than
it's worth to try to solve them. A control system would be very
complicated to make a biped walk up and down stairs. Honda achieved
it to a certain extent with the ASIMO, but not without difficulties,
and not to mention what would happen if said robot was to fall.
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Minh-Nhat Ba Le
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