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Stair-climbing Robot Built From R/C Car Parts

Posted by timothy on from the but-no-speech-recognition-just-yet dept.

dpa writes "The ability to climb and descend stairs (5M mpg) is one of the unexpected behaviors of this new home-brew off-road autonomous robot platform. The robot has a custom chassis and uses standard suspension and drive components scavanged from old R/C monster trucks. Here is a link to the build log, and here is a link to a hi-res version of the video (20M mpg)."

6 of 148 comments (clear)

  1. Everybody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Stop downloading for a few minutes while my download finishes....

  2. Re:and here's a link to a nice hot cup of stfu by dpa · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think (cross fingers) we can handle it. dpa

  3. put a gas motor and gps on that thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and we have a darpa winner

  4. Pushing and shoving by Steven+W00ston · · Score: 1, Funny

    They can climb stairs, but can they push Grandma down them?

    --
    Steven Wooston, Lead Programmer, J-J-J-Julius Games
    Author of a CONSIDERABLE number of best-selling games
  5. Re:R/C Car Parts by ki4iib · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, no. It's an -autonomous-, self-directed car. Yes, it's miniature and motorized. But WTFM.

  6. I, for one, by p!ngu · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...welcome our stair climbing robot overlords.