← Back to context Comment by giantg2 6 hours ago I would love to see this with nitinol wire muscles. 3 comments giantg2 Reply mhb 5 hours ago Power use would be immense and it would be insanely slow. jrflo 3 hours ago Considering 90%+ of the input energy goes to heat with NiTi actuators, Your walking robot would also double as a great space heater. giantg2 4 hours ago Power use might be high depending on configuration, but speed shouldn't be that slow using capacitors. Sufficiently strong pneumatics tend to require quite a bit of power too.
mhb 5 hours ago Power use would be immense and it would be insanely slow. jrflo 3 hours ago Considering 90%+ of the input energy goes to heat with NiTi actuators, Your walking robot would also double as a great space heater. giantg2 4 hours ago Power use might be high depending on configuration, but speed shouldn't be that slow using capacitors. Sufficiently strong pneumatics tend to require quite a bit of power too.
jrflo 3 hours ago Considering 90%+ of the input energy goes to heat with NiTi actuators, Your walking robot would also double as a great space heater.
giantg2 4 hours ago Power use might be high depending on configuration, but speed shouldn't be that slow using capacitors. Sufficiently strong pneumatics tend to require quite a bit of power too.
Power use would be immense and it would be insanely slow.
Considering 90%+ of the input energy goes to heat with NiTi actuators, Your walking robot would also double as a great space heater.
Power use might be high depending on configuration, but speed shouldn't be that slow using capacitors. Sufficiently strong pneumatics tend to require quite a bit of power too.