Firgelli mini Linear actuator Tetrahedral NASA ROVER robot

[Enzax1]

that's pretty smart....... i mean REALLY smart!

good job

[drmawac]

yes,yes,you are stupid yes,yes

[bestamerica]

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what country make this robotic

[pstefanides]

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

"Per Ardua ad Astra"

Panagiotis Stefanides

[TheMrBookman]

Neat, but there are no benefits for a plain triangle to be deposited onto another planet and its a very slow mover apparently.

[lolroflstomp]

YES

[imtediam]

If gravity is key to moving the unit, then it would seem limited to only planetary use (where gravity exists - correct?), and operation in deep space would not be possible (me thinks). But hey, this is totally cool and has countless uses.

[jamesraward]

@imtediam it is a nice bit of engineering, but I would say it has _countless_ uses...

[Animesenhista]

when I saw the NASA robot I noticed the same problem. Congratulations!

The idea is theirs, but it was you that got it!

[krazyhartin]

It looks awesome but can it go in a straight line?

[SingleSpiral]

sooooo...it's a rolling triangle. good work

[taherjijel]

and now you will become millioner? congratulations

[MichaelLeeRilee]

Good first step! At NASA we did not spend millions of dollars on the 1-TET, like the one here. Far less than that. We might have used $2M to develop our series of multi-TET prototypes, which included the study of several telescoping linear actuators, joints, wireless communications, and control strategies. It's an exciting architecture expected to scale to both smaller and larger mechanisms. Cheers!

[phantom1000A]

YES!

[KIThornton1992]

Genius!

[yoto5951]

lol

[davabran]

Great success!

[WalterSolano]

-_-'

[alwinovich]

whirrrrrrr

YES!

[greengoblin636]

thats awesome!

[infmoments]

What kind of actuator (model # and link if possible) are you using? I've been looking for a thin, tubular actuator like this but can't. Thanks.