Castrol Completes Free Kick Robot, Goalie Robots Surrender
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 27 of January , 2010 at 6:27 am
We got a terrifying peak at Castrol’s free kick robot in September of last year, but it looks like now it’s almost finished. Weighing in at around two tons (!), the actual kicking part of the machine is powered by an automobile engine (!!) that stores up energy in a flywheel, which releases it to the steel and carbon fiber leg all at once. The resulting kick tops 200 kph, and as you can see, it’s not something any goalie would want to sacrifice themselves for:
Blink? Here’s the slow-mo:
That tarp could have been your face. Yay robots!
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Comment by Doug Fibromyalgia
Made Sunday, 20 of June , 2010 at 9:25 am
Wow interesting writings on great topics you have a great blog here. I am not sure what the point of a kicking robot is but it would stand up to a good rush anyway.
