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Electroadhesion is a cool technology. The robot pictured, however, seems to use suction generated by fans. I don't see any high-voltage electronics or wiring.
by tlb 9y ago
Electroadhesion is a cool technology. The robot pictured, however, seems to use suction generated by fans. I don't see any high-voltage electronics or wiring.
- NegativeLatency 9y agoYeah those look like brushless electric motors, the kind used in RC vehicles.
- nomel 9y agoMost likely for cooling the lethal HV electronics under than protective barrier.
- maxerickson 9y agoThey have a bunch of YouTube videos. The fabric handling doesn't look like suction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5XBNxLpBGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5XBNxLpBGA This demo looks like the technology doesn't involve a lot of heavy duty electronics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iZp-dCYp70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iZp-dCYp70
- olivermarks 9y agoI'd love to see video footage of this tech in action with humans making shoes, 'demo' vids tend to be overly simplistic. Fascinating stuff!
- jonknee 9y agoThey have wireless electroadhesion robots (drones, wall climbers, etc) so it's not something you'd notice from how a machine looks on the outside.
- beambot 9y agoCase in point: http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/06/electroadhesive-robot-climbers http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/06/electroadhesive-robot-...
- louithethrid 9y agoAre you sure it uses fans? Usually in robotics venturi-valves are used to create the necessary sucktion to hold pieces. This seems like a really strange approach. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi-D%C3%BCse https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi-D%C3%BCse