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Robotized elephant's trunk


Senior mechanical engineering students at the Rice University in Houston have constructed a robotic elephant's trunk (non-NXT, yet). It features 16 small links that offer 32 degrees of freedom in all.

Watch the nice (Real Player) video here.

This could be done with the NXT also, I think - but you'd need a lot of motors...
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Eric D. Burdo said…
If I was going to tackle that project, I'd want to use some of the RCX motors (or the mini motors) and a multiplexor. This thing would be HUGE if you made it with the NXT motors.
Oct 10, 2007, 9:10:00 PM
Anonymous said…
I don't want to dicourage anbody or intimidate them, but I think this blog should be for NXT and RCX projects, not other robotic creations. This is getting extreme, but the "NXT Bot" blog doesn't have a single post about NXT, and I don't want this blog to become like that, either!
Oct 11, 2007, 8:55:00 AM
Talking Chimp said…
Somebody tell them that this was already accomplished with Doc Ock's arms in Spiderman 2.
Oct 11, 2007, 12:25:00 PM
Unknown said…
ro1000,

I guess every serious NXT builder can do with some look beyond the own nose into the "rest" of the robotics community for inspiration now and then.

By the way, 98% of this blog's posts are concerned with NXT.
Oct 11, 2007, 5:31:00 PM
Peter Hoh said…
ro1000, part of the purpose of this blog is to inspire. Knowing what's going on in the rest of the robotics world is a big part of that.
Oct 12, 2007, 12:05:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Okay, that's true, but recently it doesn't seem to be 98% anymore!
Oct 12, 2007, 6:17:00 AM
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