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There was a walking logging machine developed by Finnish company Plustech Oy in the mid-nineties and later bought by John Deere who tried to commercialize it bu
by jonah 7y ago
There was a walking logging machine developed by Finnish company Plustech Oy in the mid-nineties and later bought by John Deere who tried to commercialize it but it didn't meet much success.
"[It] was designed with sensitive or by other means harder to reach terrain with minimum impact on the environment in mind."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pJwDZXasKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pJwDZXasKU
http://www.theoldrobots.com/Walking-Robot2.html http://www.theoldrobots.com/Walking-Robot2.html
http://www.unusuallocomotion.com/pages/museums/museum-of-lusto-in-finland-forest-machinery.html http://www.unusuallocomotion.com/pages/museums/museum-of-lus... (Near the bottom)
- cr0sh 7y agoThe was also the OSU Adaptive Suspension Vehicle: http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1984-osu-asv-adaptive-suspension-vehicle-mcghee-american/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1984-osu-asv-adapt... https://library.osu.edu/documents/university-archives/subject_files/Adaptive%20Suspension%20Vehicle.pdf https://library.osu.edu/documents/university-archives/subjec...