[Robotgroup] Fwd: Tracked vehicles

[Don Colbath]

Bite your tongue Les, lest ye become tracked police robot committee 
chairman.

Don

Leslie Filip wrote:

>How hard could it be? : )
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>Les
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>On 13 Feb 2007, at 11:57 AM, Don Colbath wrote:
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>>We've seen this before.  There are professional bomb disposal bots  
>>that
>>will climb stairs but they cost big bucks.  These guys probably think
>>they can get something cheap.  Now if some of us were to design and
>>market something that would do the job of some of the pro bots for  
>>half
>>the price we could try this outside of the group.
>>
>>Don
>>
>>Clendon Gibson wrote:
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>>>Perhaps the Robot Group would like to pursue fame and glory by  
>>>making robots such as the deputy in Maryland wants for use by  
>>>police in smaller communities.
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----
>>>From: Eric Lundquist <elundquist at austin.rr.com>
>>>To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:45:20 AM
>>>Subject: [Robotgroup] Fwd: Tracked vehicles
>>>
>>>I received this email from a deputy in Maryland.  He is looking  
>>>for some
>>>sort of radio control robot that is capable of climbing stairs.  I  
>>>have
>>>attached my response to him but I thought that others in the group  
>>>might be
>>>interested in responding as well.
>>>- Eric
>>>
>>>
>>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>From: Eric Lundquist < eric.g.lundquist at gmail.com>
>>>Date: Feb 12, 2007 5:13 PM
>>>Subject: Re: FW: Tracked vehicles
>>>To: "Winer, Rick" < RWiner at fredco-md.net>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Rick,
>>>
>>>Stair climbing is REALLY hard, especially with a small robot base.
>>>
>>>Here is a link to a slashdot article that describes a stair  
>>>climbing wheeled
>>>robot build by Dave Anderson of the Dallas Personal Robotics group.
>>>http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/01/2259233
>>>Be sure to check out the video and his build log where he  
>>>describes how he
>>>built it.
>>>
>>>The only really good commercially available stair climber I have  
>>>seen is the
>>>one built by Rodney Brooks' group from MIT.  Their company is called
>>>iRobot.  They build the little Roomba vacuum cleaner but they also  
>>>build a
>>>double tracked base that is used in a lot of bomb disposal robots  
>>>that I
>>>have seen.  The have 2 sets of tank tracks.  The one on the back  
>>>provides
>>>the main driving force.  The small tracks up front rotate around  
>>>and pick
>>>the nose of the robot up off the ground and over the top of a step.
>>>Video here:
>>>http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=215
>>>
>>>If nothing else, these should give you some ideas on what is  
>>>possible.  I
>>>hope this helps.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Eric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 2/12/07, Winer, Rick <RWiner at fredco-md.net > wrote:
>>>
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>*From:* Winer, Rick
>>>>*Sent:* Monday, February 12, 2007 3:16 PM
>>>>*To:* ' robo at robotgroup.org'
>>>>*Subject:* Tracked vehicles
>>>>
>>>>Eric:
>>>> I stumbled across your web site while searching for tracked  
>>>>vehicles on
>>>>the Net.  I am a Deputy with the Frederick County Sheriff's  
>>>>Office in
>>>>Maryland.  I'm working on a project where I am mounting a  
>>>>Remington Eye Ball
>>>>Video unit on a remote controlled vehicle.  I am currectly using  
>>>>a RC truck
>>>>but it is only two wheel drive and does not ascend stairs.
>>>>
>>>>I thought of using some sort of tracked vehicle and hence this  
>>>>email.  Do
>>>>you know of something that would help me out?  The ball weight is  
>>>>20.5ounces and has a diameter of
>>>>3.35".
>>>>
>>>>I was going to visit our local Hobbytown but thought that I'd  
>>>>seek out
>>>>experts who have "already invented this wheel".
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for your time...Rick Winer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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