Telescopic Extender Car

[Konstrakt_Abstrakt]

Hi!

I built a telescopic tracked car, that can extend in two directions to overcome obstacles ?

Have a look and subscribe to my channel, if you want more videos like that (building instructions available). Thanks!

 

Edited May 3, 2020 by Konstrakt_Abstrakt

[ukbajadave]

Welcome to Eurobricks Konstrakt_Abstrakt  Your concept sounds very interesting and I'd love to see some pictures. There is no hosting on Eurobricks itself but why not make an account on Flickr or Bricksafe and post some up? Sometimes threads with nothing but a youtube link come across as simply trying to drive traffic to your channel.

[vascolp]

This is really interesting, i like the idea and your implementation.

I can imagine an interesting challenge: use an EV3 with some sensors to take some measures and change the shape as needed.

[Jurss]

Nice idea, but try to extend its width on some other surface, like asphalt, sand

[amorti]

Maybe you could use this for a shipping container stacking equipment?

Otherwise I'm not sure what it's for except a technical demonstration.

[Konstrakt_Abstrakt]

14 hours ago, vascolp said:

This is really interesting, i like the idea and your implementation.

I can imagine an interesting challenge: use an EV3 with some sensors to take some measures and change the shape as needed.

Good idea. However, I do not own an EV3. But I plan to get one soon.

2 hours ago, Jurss said:

Nice idea, but try to extend its width on some other surface, like asphalt, sand

Yes, maybe I'll make another video in which I try out different surfaces.

44 minutes ago, amorti said:

Maybe you could use this for a shipping container stacking equipment?

Otherwise I'm not sure what it's for except a technical demonstration.

It is not intended for any real use. However there are several kinematic approaches built in, which could be used for other applications in the future. My challenge was to implement these functions in the smallest possible space.

Edited May 3, 2020 by Konstrakt_Abstrakt