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Joules the Bicycle Pedaling Art Robot
     


Rog-a-matic sent us a link to a Daily
Mail article on a "robot" named Joules that rides a bicycle. Joules
is actually a humanoid-robot-shaped bicycle motor that can be mounted on
the rear seat of a tandem two-seat bicycle, allowing the human occupant
on the front seat to get away with just steering. Obviously you could
just get a powered bicycle but this is intended more as a robot art
project than a practical device. And, as you can see in the above video,
it does look pretty cool. Anyone who has built robots can appreciate the
work that went into this. Carl, the builder, was challenged by his son, a
former pro bicycle racer, to build an electric tandem powered by
actually pumping the pedals rather than a direct electric drive. If
you're interested in the technical details, check out the builder's
original post on the Endless-Sphere Electric Vehicle
Technology
Forum.
   

http://robots.net/article/2920.html