Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04573
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Darrell Johnson wundoba@pacbell.net
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:21:57 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Tilden on TV...(Spyder)
I actually found Spyder to be the most dissapointing of Tilden's robots
on the show... For having 2 motors per leg, it sure doesn't do any
lifting. It didn't raise the legs any more than Stryder does.. Maybe my
expectations were a little too high, but if that was a good performance
by the bot, I can understand why Tilden hasn't built any more Spyder
type bots.. (that we know about)
Some of the CPU bots were very interesting... I like the crab-like
walker from IS Robotics. Really cool when it got flipped over by a wave
and just flipped it's legs around and kept on walking.
-darrell
BTW Richard, best of luck with your spyder.. I'll be interested to see
how you fare. Lots of people have talked about making a Spyder knockoff,
but it looks like you'll be the first to do it.. :)
Richard Piotter wrote:
>
> The shots of Spyder were cool! I've never realy seen Spyder MOVE (or in
> detail for that matter)! It was VERY cool! It took be a good 5 seconds
> before I even realized it was Spyder! It looked like an MIT robot with
> those "eyes"!!!
>
> That was kinda freaky! My spyder doesn't have that freakyness! DOH!!!
>
> maybe when I add eyes! (:
>
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