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I have often thought of using a similar system for power distribution in a robot. a single powerful motor with flywheel, and multiple cables to transmit power t
by pontifier 14y ago
I have often thought of using a similar system for power distribution in a robot. a single powerful motor with flywheel, and multiple cables to transmit power to each joint.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWait, but then you have to regulate speed to each joint. Is there an easy way to do this I haven't thought of?
- bigiain 14y agoIf you've got a (mostly) symmetrical action, like bipedal walking, there almost certainly is some way to recapture "returned power" from footfalls to reuse for the next step. It'd be a little different from just balancing reciprocating pumps against each other, since you'd need to "time slip" the recaptured energy - but a flywheel might make that possible without incurring too much loss to make it worthwhile. For multi-legged robots, a bit of smart geometry can pretty much do this already - see these things: http://www.strandbeest.com/ http://www.strandbeest.com/ I suspect using some computer-adjustable versions of the "multipliers" from the article would allow you to build something like a strandbeest which you could steer while only losing a little of the efficiency.