View Full Version : Tumbleweed Robot from CWRU Biorobotics Lab, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Airicist
10th May 2014, 14:12
Designer - CWRU Biorobotics Lab (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2542)
Airicist
10th May 2014, 14:33
https://vimeo.com/61209787
Tumbleweed robot
March 6, 2013
These wind powered robots, modeled after tumbleweeds, are inexpensive alternatives to the rovers found on Mars now.
Airicist
10th May 2014, 14:34
https://vimeo.com/61209986
Tumbleweed deployment
March 6, 2013
The tumbleweed robot moves passively. However, it can actively collapse to stop and take measurements while waiting for wind directions to change before deploying to move in a different direction.