Nuts about spiders?

swainy · Post by **swainy** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:43 pm

Go get me some conkers Right Now!

jman · Post by **jman** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:36 am

Anybody want to get rich? Let's build some replica conkers for arachnophobes. I bet they'd sell like lottery tickets!

swainy · Post by **swainy** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:05 pm

jman wrote:Anybody want to get rich? Let's build some replica conkers for arachnophobes. I bet they'd sell like lottery tickets!

Nope, people will probably wait another 60 days, save em salves some money?

tc

swainy · Post by **swainy** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:17 pm

Oh yeah, If you big butch guys think for one second I believe you would sleep in a room full of spiders you are mistaken.

Don,t we need to prove things on this forum? Huh Huh Huh?

pmsl

tc

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:58 pm

There's an incredibly tiny, cute jumping spider on the wall right next to my computer right now. I wish I had a macro lens to take a photo of it. It's only about 2-3 millimeters at its longest dimension.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:24 pm

Yeah! They ARE cute when they're that small. They have to take such BIG hops just to get around.

Orca · Post by **Orca** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:19 am

This is my kind of spider.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:44 am

Well....it wasn't fuzzy at all and it did not even jump once. Actually it did not seem to be very active at all.

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:29 am

Poor spider bot doesn't even have 8 legs.

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:02 pm

Orca wrote:This is my kind of spider.

geckzilla wrote:Poor spider bot doesn't even have 8 legs.

Yeah, I don't think you can call it a spider. Hexapod is more appropriate.

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:29 pm

bystander wrote:
Orca wrote:This is my kind of spider.

geckzilla wrote:Poor spider bot doesn't even have 8 legs.
Yeah, I don't think you can call it a spider. Hexapod is more appropriate.

You know though; something like that may have a place in exploring planets where it would have to traverse soft soil.

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:10 pm

orin stepanek wrote:You know though; something like that may have a place in exploring planets where it would have to traverse soft soil.

I think the pointed legs might be a disadvantage, however, if you put some snowshoe type pads on the ends ... Still, eight legs would be better, especially if the front pair could rotate horizontally in front, and perhaps even grasp ...

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:00 pm

Yeah, but the more joints and moving parts it has the more chances it has to fail in such a harsh environment.You have to wonder if the simplicity of the wheel is really trumped by the versatile multi-leg system.

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:14 pm

Perhaps place wheels at the end of each leg that could be locked or unlocked. Unlocked for faster travel accross plains and locked for climbing up slopes.

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:44 pm

geckzilla wrote:Yeah, but the more joints and moving parts it has the more chances it has to fail in such a harsh environment.You have to wonder if the simplicity of the wheel is really trumped by the versatile multi-leg system.

I've got a hexapod robot. The advantage is that it can climb over things that would be impossible for a wheeled device. The disadvantage is that the legs are complex and fairly fragile. I have seen some nice hybrid wheel/leg designs proposed for Martian exploration robots.

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orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:50 pm

Spirit probably could have used some type of legs for backup!

Orca · Post by **Orca** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:56 pm

Chris, did you build that?

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:01 pm

Orca wrote:Chris, did you build that?

Yup. A long time ago now- 1997.

Orca · Post by **Orca** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:09 pm

Pretty cool.

I've always thought robotics was an interesting field.

swainy · Post by **swainy** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:44 pm

Who cares about the robot, what is the thing its standing on?

tc

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:37 pm

A playful dog statue.

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:51 pm

swainy wrote:Who cares about the robot, what is the thing its standing on?

One of my wife's sculptures, Dog Days.

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:54 pm

Spider-infested ship turned away from port
Thousands spill out as cargo is unloaded; vessel last docked in South Korea

MSNBC news story.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:00 pm

Where's a can or two of RAID when you need it

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:52 pm

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