Comments on: Forest Fire “Clear Cut” Robot

By: TheSchmuck

TheSchmuck — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:16:15 +0000

Ooooooo … It’s got chicken legs!

By: wobryme

wobryme — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:34:40 +0000

Cool idea! Very future oriented…I think in 10 years we will have some of this

By: Tuinhulpjes van de toekomst | leef buiten

Tuinhulpjes van de toekomst | leef buiten — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:24:49 +0000

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Top Ten Robots That You Never Knew You Wanted » Yanko Design — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:00:07 +0000

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By: Nas

Nas — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:17:39 +0000

My first thought too!

I loved/love that movie sooo much.

By: M.Ehsan

M.Ehsan — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:56:31 +0000

Hi… does this robot work or it’s just a model?
However, could you please give some more info? like the reator company and some other detail about its proficiency!

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Best of Yanko Design 2008 » Yanko Design — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:33:56 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:18 +0000

Chain saws would work better than rotery blades.
There are mechanical tree harvesters, they move slow, but can cut down a lot of trees.
Most have a gripper mechanizm with a cutoff saw on the bottom.
The bipedial structure of this might work well in the rough footing of a forest.
Might want to put a third leg/stablizer/tail to allow more leaverage.
There needs to be some way of controling the trees as they fall. They can be massive and would be enough to crush the machine.
There needs to be some way of disposing of the cut trees too. Just dropping them makes more tinder for the fire.
I would include some operator safety items too. I can’t imagine this moving very fast, and it might get caught in the fire. How will it help the operator survive. Smoke might be a problem too.
Not to mention its missing the plazma cannon…….