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Haha, yeah it was a bit vague. I have fantasies about building small drone submarines and releasing them in the ocean. Those I don't know how they'd sustain th
by jcun4128 6y ago
Haha, yeah it was a bit vague.
I have fantasies about building small drone submarines and releasing them in the ocean. Those I don't know how they'd sustain themselves. A little ground rover that has panels on it sounds more realistic. And yeah the life span I don't know how long they would last for.
But on a farm or homestead I would like to have little solar-powered wheel-driven drones pretty much that run around and do their own thing.
It would be neat though, have a sat module on the drone submarine, and then the sub surfaces at night. I think at my local lake is more realistic. Of course in reality these things would operate in supervision/not break laws. But I saw an intriguing video [1] before and I don't know... it's personification I guess.
[1] https://youtu.be/0iDBF23gI6I?t=52 https://youtu.be/0iDBF23gI6I?t=52
- NortySpock 6y ago"little solar-powered wheel-driven drones" You may be interested to learn that a company is already doing this, with the "Tertill", a small solar powered random-walk weed eater. https://franklinrobotics.com/ https://franklinrobotics.com/
- jcun4128 6y agoYeah I saw that recently I think it's cool. The wheel design is interesting, I don't know how effective that little weed whacker it has is. I was also surprised how small the panels seem. edit: I follow this one guy on YouTube he built this thing [1], that's the basic idea. It doesn't really have a purpose, but it's cool. In the long run though, imagine you're gone(passed on) and you built some robot that's out there still doing its thing. Probably talking RTG/space more like, than something on Earth that erodes. [1] https://youtu.be/nv2FbwjIZRE?t=8 https://youtu.be/nv2FbwjIZRE?t=8
- golem14 6y agoAll this is pretty hard. I recommend the rctestflight YouTube channel. Really useful if you want to build any robot for real.