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Axel Rover, 2 wheels are all you need!
lyford
post Feb 6 2009, 02:02 AM
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Demo video of the Axel tethered rover - we could have used this to rappel down Victoria!
Axel Rover

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And here.




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post Feb 6 2009, 11:56 AM
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As I said on Twitter - A Mississippi Steam Boat captain just called. He wants his paddle wheels back.

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- lyford   Axel Rover   Feb 6 2009, 02:02 AM
- - Paolo   This remembers me of one of the old designs for th...   Feb 6 2009, 05:30 AM
- - Shaka   This is mind-blowing. The winch in the middle is e...   Feb 6 2009, 06:42 AM
- - Fran Ontanaya   It looks like some sort of Framsticks creature.   Feb 6 2009, 09:18 AM
- - AndyG   Major flashback time. I made one of these nearly f...   Feb 6 2009, 09:26 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (AndyG @ Feb 6 2009, 09:26 AM) Andy...   Feb 6 2009, 11:54 AM
- - djellison   As I said on Twitter - A Mississippi Steam Boat ca...   Feb 6 2009, 11:56 AM
- - lyford   I love that the project page at CalTech lets you s...   Feb 6 2009, 07:54 PM
- - Shaka   Yeah! LEMUR! Other-side-of-the-pillow cool...   Feb 6 2009, 08:20 PM

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