Whos up for trying this with the RN1
Whos up for trying this with the RN1
by onesandzeros
Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:09 pm
by beermat
Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:18 am
Sweet!
When I had my RN rollerskating, or trying to, I actually experimented with the same thing shown in the video of Plen. I had just had new screen doors installed, and had some 9 foot carboard boxes to play around to do this with. Ultimately, the speed my RN achieved rolling down the slope scared me from doing this!!
When I had my RN rollerskating, or trying to, I actually experimented with the same thing shown in the video of Plen. I had just had new screen doors installed, and had some 9 foot carboard boxes to play around to do this with. Ultimately, the speed my RN achieved rolling down the slope scared me from doing this!!
try this
by engineer
Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:58 pm
when RN! lands on his skates, rolls to a stop, holds his arms up and bows, maybe. This still is a +1k$ learning tool. I don't think missing the garbage bag would be to much fun, I've spent to much time waiting for servos just to smoke them for a video. that looks like FUN though.
by Humanoido
Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:23 pm
That's totally fantastic. The videos of RN skating and skateboarding was really cool too! Those rate in the top ten best robonova-1 videos ever made. How about a Tony Hawk 980? 
Has anyone made inline skates for RN or figured out a way to push off on the skates using the feet and legs?
Has anyone made inline skates for RN or figured out a way to push off on the skates using the feet and legs?
by beermat
Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:56 am
Pushing off is difficult without the hip rotation DOF. I did have some ideas based on when I used to skate when I was younger (a LOT younger 
) - to get a flying, running start, I would often run on the stoppers on my roller skates. I thought about adding stoppers to RNs feet and using them to push off, which would have worked, but I sadly didn't get around to trying it.
) - to get a flying, running start, I would often run on the stoppers on my roller skates. I thought about adding stoppers to RNs feet and using them to push off, which would have worked, but I sadly didn't get around to trying it.
by Humanoido
Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:11 pm
Those are really good ideas. There's a lot you can do with the toe stop on roller skates. If the bearings are locked on one skate, RN would mainly be skating on one skate. A ratchet bearing, like the one on a bicycle is a good idea to make RN go forward but not backward. That way, RN could push off and skate foward on both skates. I've been designing an inline skate with the idea but that has some more challenges compared to roller skates which can statically balance.
Humanoido
Humanoido