Thursday, June 28, 2012

Mobile Pneumatic Multi Arm V2

Young humanoid wanted to work on his MPMA series.  He decided that if both tracks could only rotate forward but were powered by one motor each, he would have a robot that could turn but still have dual-motor power.  To accomplish this, he directed each motor into a differential unit.  The second output for each of the two units cycled a pneumatic switch.  The third motor was attached to a  floating worm gear (thanks to TooMuchCaffeine's design) which powered three pumps with one output, and a third switch with the other.  MPMA V2 was disappointing.  Its base was weak, it was not very maneuverable and its compressor was slow (possibly due to a damaged motor).  Young humanoid never implemented a use for the third pneumatic switch.