![]() | Disney uses carbon fibre to create wall-climbing robot https://www.disneyresearch.com/publication/vertigo/ https://youtu.be/KRYT2kYbgo4 |
Then we started analysing the design, with comments like 'what a lot of excess carbon fibre, fixtures and fittings!' Rodney is sure he could loose half of it, in particular, make the suspension in a single sprung piece, use a little bit of core on the motor mounts and rings.... you get the picture. Although he did have special commendation for the controls/software engineers.
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It is definitely an interesting time to be involved in any sort of engineering. I'm just hoping space travel will become an every day, affordable, occurrence in my lifetime. Maybe it's little developments like this which bring us a tiny bit closer?
Rosemary (nerdy enough to love science fiction).