Technogames
- 2002 Entrants
'Cyber snail'-
battery sprint
combustion
sprint
'Thing' -Swimming
High jump
The mechanism used is
different to natures; The snail uses a high speed battery
powered gyroscope to generate vibrations which are then
given 'direction' by angled bristles to move the snail
forward.
The life size walking hand
(based on 'Thing' from the Addams family) is be powered
by a glow plug model aircraft engine mounted in the
wrist.
The thumb and 4th finger
are skids, and the middle three fingers reach out in
sequence claw the hand forward.
The
life size walking hand can also swim whilst powered by a
model aircraft CO2 engine mounted in the wrist.
The same mechanism as the
walker is used, and the middle three fingers reach out in
sequence claw the hand forward with the extra large
fingernails acting as paddles.
Flotation is achieved by
the use of a miniature 'life belt'.
A heavy weight version of
the 2001 bronze medal winning 'Wide Mouthed Frog' (on the
left) was built to carry on the leaping tradition.
The rules meant that the 2002 entrant needs to be ten times heavier than last years, and so to achieve the same 5.35m jump as its predecessor the new 'Wider Mouthed Frog' (on the right) needs 10 times the elastic bands….about ¼ ton of rubber band tension…
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