EKLast week I took RDAS out on a few field tests to try it on different terrains and see how it would work in the real world.
There will be a video up soon showing how exactly it behaved.
Since then I've been improving how it all works together, made a few modifications and tested again.
Luckily with these tests and rapid prototyping it makes it fast to evaluate how the bot works and improve it — sometimes by almost starting over. Here's a new idea that is being prototyped:
Now back to the prototyping! Have some laser cutting to do today, excited!
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There is another cube-shaped research robot with unique way of locomotion: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/space-robots/robotic-space-hedgehogs-tumble-across-asteroids
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I see you are working on larger wheels, and I remembered a project that might interest you: http://letsmakerobots.com/robot/project/transforming-wheel-robot-20-build-your-own
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What a sweet wheel! Thanks for the link. Kind of worried about if sand or regolith would get stuck between the sections.
It would be neat to try an inflatable wheel someday too, made out of tough material like the pneumatic robotics that are being built currently.
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