Re:Segway Meets Big Dog - The Cajun Crawler, Interviews & Video
by pedalpete on Saturday March 21, 2009 @03:12PM
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What I didn't get from the interview was 'why'.
Does this thing have any significance?
With the Segway, even if it wasn't a commercial success,it was popularized for what was an amazing technical achievement. What is it that the team who created the Cajun Crawler has achieved.
I'm sure there is something, I just don't know what it is.
Re:Segway Meets Big Dog - The Cajun Crawler, Interviews & Video
by harpastum on Saturday March 21, 2009 @03:59PM
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I'd say there is very real significance in creating an elegant personal transport powered by a pair of 18W drill motors, but from the article:
"We had to do a kinematics project with Dr. Chambers the semester before, and I made a walking device out of chicken bones. When I started working on my senior project, I wanted do something that carried weight. It just kinda grew from there."
strandbeest
his talk at TED: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talk/theo_jansen_creates_new_cr...
see the animal under this invention about 3:30 into the clip
I'm sure there is something, I just don't know what it is.
"We had to do a kinematics project with Dr. Chambers the semester before, and I made a walking device out of chicken bones. When I started working on my senior project, I wanted do something that carried weight. It just kinda grew from there."