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[quote=Disney Research]VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot that is capable of transitioning from the ground to the wall, created in collaboration between Disney Research Zurich and ETH. The robot has two tiltable propellers that provide thrust onto the wall, and four wheels. One pair of wheels is steerable, and each propeller has two degrees of freedom for adjusting the direction of thrust. By transitioning from the ground to a wall and back again, VertiGo extends the ability of robots to travel through urban and indoor environments. The robot is able to move on a wall quickly and with agility. The use of propellers to provide thrust onto the wall ensures that the robot is able to traverse over indentations such as masonry. The choice of two propellers rather than one enables a floor-to-wall transition – thrust is applied both towards the wall using the rear propeller, and in an upward direction using the front propeller, resulting in a flip onto the wall.[/quote]
the music choice was a little intense for what we're seeing lol
Is it really climbing if it has propellers forcing it into the wall?
[QUOTE=Thlis;49424169]Is it really climbing if it has propellers forcing it into the wall?[/QUOTE]
Well technically no, and to be quite frank you could argue that the propellers would be much better suited being used to just make the thing fly.
However, this thing isn't an experiment in practicality, it's an experiment in being cool. And is it cool? Heck yeah.
I used to make vehicles like this in Kerbal Space program that could drive up the VAB, and even transistion over the edges, making it to the top of the building.
It worked in exactly the same way, it had gimballed thrusters that forced it onto the wall, and wheels to drive it forward.
so is its basically a copter that pushes itself into the walls so you can drive on them?
thats actually pretty cool.
[QUOTE=Baconator 7;49424212]you could argue that the propellers would be much better suited being used to just make the thing fly.[/QUOTE]
It seems that it's meant to be used in tight spaces or conditions that wouldn't be possible to fly in
e.g. searching a collapsed building for survivors
The Vert-I-Go - Mexico's top selling vehicle 2018.
Looks like one of those cheap chinese quadcopters in a ball/cylinder.
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