Learning from the gecko's tail

Bio inspired Roboitc talk from TED.com ... SHOULD SEE

Super Crawler

Super Crawler was our summer project to build a robot in summer 2009. The project was delayed according to practical problems we faced. It is still an on going project and is schelued to be finished by the end of summer 2010. The new team which works on the project is 2 of us from summer 2009 plus a new fresh team from Robotica Osloensis student robotic community.
You can learn more about Super Crawler by clicking here.

Walloid

Walloid is my master thesis at university of Oslo. A climbing robot that can climb the walls and walk on the roof. The final aim of Walloid is to be a prototype for a real world model that can replace human workers, where it is too dangerous for mankind to operate. The actual thought was to make it even water proof with swimming abilities to make it the best candidate for oil fields in the middle of the sea, in a way that it can swim between different platforms, checks on oil pipes on the way and eventually fix the problems.

Walloid will have several versions which every version would try to reach some expected goals. The version names(C#S#) are the short version of C(limbing)#S(wimming)#. Well the swimming part will not be a part of my master thesis and Walloid C2S0 is the goal for my master project.

• Walloid C1S0 : A remote controlled(through my navigation program) functional walking(on the floor and not the walls or roof) robot.
• Walloid C2S0 : A smart climbing robot which takes its steps autonomously and is controlled totally by the navigation program(monitor its environment by sensors & cameras).
• Walloid C3S0 : A smart climbing robot with image processing abilities.
• Walloid C3S1 : A smart climbing robot with abilities to perform in underwater condition.
• Walloid C3S2 : A waterproof smart climbing robot with swimming abilities.

As said my master project would not exceed Walloid C2S0 and the rest of the plan either will be a hobby/Phd/or even a dream job at an oil field company here in Norway :-)

Wish me lots of luck ...

Shahab.

The latest version of the LittleDog Robot

SHOULD SEE ...

Shahaboid, First post

Hi,
My name is Shahab, a master student of Robotic science. Shahaboid is a combination of my name + oid, which makes shahab-oid. This will be my weblog, where I will write about robotics science.

I hope you enjoy surfing here :-)

Shahab.