[Tyler]

Ant-Roach Pneumatic Ride-able Robot
23 November 2011, 5:10 am

     IO9 has a nice video of Otherlab's Ant-Roach the pneumatic ride-able 6 legged robot.  Ant-Roach is very slow but can support 1000 pounds of weight.  Perhaps in the future it can support its own pneumatics and be faster. Otherlab's Youtube channel includes more videos of Ant-Roach as well as other pneumatic devices like a pneumatic arm and pneumatic animals.

Source: robots.net

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[Freddy]

Just adding the video, thanks Tyler.

[Art]

Thanks for the vid, Freddy. Personally, I don't care for the pneumatic type of bot (not to mention I dislike even spelling 'pneumatic'.)
I think they are prone to many maladies, punctures , air leaks from within the body and from the lines and cylinders, condensation within the unit, noise, power source, lack of portability for any prolonged period of time, lack of power / strength compared to hydraulics, etc.

Nice, but no thanks!

This thing...one puncture and you have a wonderful heap of plastic and hoses.