Chaos Is Like A Mutant PackBot
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 25 of February , 2009 at 5:52 am
Searching for a picture that would somehow be appropriate for “chaos robot” for the previous article, I came across the Chaos high mobility robot, developed by Autonomous Solutions. It’s sort of like a PackBot, except instead of two tracked flippers and two tracks, it’s got four big tracked flippers that not only let it power through all kinds of terrain, but also let it tow a Hummer. Over slippery concrete. With two guys standing on top of it:
The tracks are independently controllable, and Chaos can even stand up on them and “walk,” enabling it to take 45cm vertical steps and cross 60cm gaps. The robot itself weighs 55kg, and can travel at a top speed of 8 kph for up to 2 hours. It comes with a color video camera in the front, but is primarily designed to accept modular equipment packages for surveillance, EOD, HAZMAT, or just about anything else you want to bolt on there. It’s not as light or as portable as a PackBot, but it certainly seems to offer some pretty robust mobility options.
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Comment by Robot
Made Wednesday, 25 of February , 2009 at 7:28 am
I get the fact that the robot has some really strong motors, but I hope everyone realizes that having two people stand on top of it while it pulls the hummer was helpful and necessary. Otherwise, I doubt the treads could really get enough friction.
Good job on the terrain mobility. When it “swims” over the boulders, it looks a lot like a RHex robot …
Comment by Del
Made Wednesday, 25 of February , 2009 at 3:35 pm
That’s not a hummer, that’s an H3. You got me all excited there, thinking this thing was gonna pull a military-grade Hummer.