StairBOT

built by Gunter Wendel


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Target Environment	Locomotion Method
Indoors	2 wheels, 1 spindledrive
Sensors / Input Devices	Actuators / Output Devices
4 bumper switches 4 IR sensors 1 US sensor 1 CMUcamII	3 DC motors 3 servos
Control Method	Power Source
Tethered	Battery
CPU Type	Operating System
1 iPAQ, 4 Brainstem	Windows 95/98/NT/2K/CE...
Programming Lanuage	Weight
TEA	6 kg
Time to build	Cost to build
12 months	$1300
URL for more information
http://www.stairbot.de/
Comments
StairBOT is a small robot for indoor environments. On even floor it drives like many other small robots with a differential-drive. In addition it can change its length with a linear guides mechanism with a spindle-drive. By this mechanism it can - together with its omniwheels (with brakes) and a support - reliably climb up and down regular sized stairs. It was one of the objectives for the design to use as few actuators and sensors as possible. Who wants to see the robot climbing up and down two regular sized steps in some short movies, is invited to visit stairBOT's website.

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