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Subject:	Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic
Date:	Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:06:35 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Jordan Bradford wrote: > you've rediscovered the design of a real-world > reconnaissance robot... well, in all honesty I shamelessly implemented a solution I had already known about: PackBot by iRobot. I won't remotely claim the idea originated with me, as it didn't. I was inspired by the "real world" here. That said, I'd not run across the link you posted - thanks. I wonder if FirstResponseRobots and iRobot have ever gotten into infringment lawsuites (or, perhaps, who actually holds the patents on this sort of system; it may be neither company). -- Brian Davis

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		Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
The second set of arms on Mike's robot gives it better mobility. They make its overall tread length much longer, so it can treat stairs like a ramp instead of, well, stairs, and that makes it faster at climbing them. The arms also let it raise the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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		Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
Brian, your rock crawler is quite interesting to me because you've rediscovered the design of a real-world reconnaissance robot: (URL) designer is related to my boss in some manner that I can't recall, but he was up at our office last summer showing (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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