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Comments on STriDER Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot
Surely this is what Arthur C. Clarke imagined in his 1972 novel Rendezvous With Rama. (Read
the complete story)
| "I'll bet that many of you also thought of the enormous tripods from the H.G. Wells classic War of the Worlds. Can you think of any other examples of three-legged robots?" (Bill Christensen 9/25/2007 9:37:35 PM) |
| "Anyone familiar with the video game "Half Life 2" would recognize this design too. The game features huge bio-mechanical creatures called Striders with three legs. They also mount this enormous cannon that looks like a wasp or a bee stinger...." (Steve F 9/26/2007 4:25:15 AM) |
"Found it -
 (Strider from Half Life 2) (Bill Christensen 9/26/2007 4:46:30 AM) |
| "This is VERY different from those described in War of the Worlds or HalfHlife2. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XsaJwKKBYo" ( 10/2/2007 1:51:23 AM) |
| "It does have a very different gait from that described in either of these two sf classics. But, three legs, you can't beat it. Here's the STriDER video you mentioned (and thanks!).
(Bill Christensen 10/2/2007 4:54:14 AM) |
| "Next comes tentacles?" (mgenss@gmail.com 10/12/2007 3:19:54 PM) |
| "mgenss - check out the octarms robot and the snake-arms robot.
All of them descended from the original mechanical tentacles." (Bill Christensen 10/12/2007 5:41:41 PM) |
| "Although it's a neat design. It seems a little to awkward for any type of real world application. I mean when it's moving, it's totally vulnerable to high winds or just being knocked over by being bumped. Not to mention it would be nearly blind during it's transitions from leg to leg. It needs a Gyroscopic core, that way if it had a camera mounted to it, the movement wouldn't impede it's vision as much. " (Dan 10/14/2007 7:06:12 AM) |
| "Your criticisms are all good - however, there isn't much wind on the Moon and things stay pretty much the same from moment to moment..." (Bill Christensen 10/14/2007 9:57:42 AM) |
| "Re: Bills's last comment
They were talking about launching the STriDER into "hard to access areas", the scene portrayed was definitely terrestrial, and the man firing had a military look.
As an aside, it seems like the acronym chose its constituent words, rather than the other way around." (M. C. 10/14/2007 7:11:44 PM) |
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