Tri Wheel Stair Climber Robot

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Tri wheel stair climber robot. Bestequip 330 lbs capacity stair climber cart 30 inch folded height folding stair climbing cart three wheel chassis portable stair climber hand truck 4 0 out of 5 stars 250 79 99 79. Ok this one was mostly me built for the servocity actobotics stair climber challenge. Ya jun pan future work. Forsyth and john w.

This robot should also be able to carry the load of an average adult to act as a way to ascend stairs for those reliant on wheel chairs. In this instructable i will show you how to make a very basic stair climbing robot. A stairclimber is a type of trolley fitted with rotating wheels or tracks so that it can be pushed or pulled up or down steps or a stairway stairclimbers can be manual or battery powered and are commonly found in wheel track push arm or walker variants. Forsyth assignors to lockheed aircraft corporation california usa.

Of mechanical engineering winter 2009 2 introduction introduction design testing performance design requirements team members janet conrad jason lee stanley selig evan thompson dylan wells supervisor budget dr. Powered electric stair climbers are available in many variants both in manufacture and mechanical operation with the most common being. This is stair bear which we my kids and i. The main part of this robot is a special tri star wheel.

The tri star is a novel wheel design originally by robert and john forsyth assigned to lockheed in 1967 in which three wheels are arranged in an upright triangle with two on the ground and one above them. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. As it turns out we won 1st pl. Apr 16 2015 tri wheel stair climber let s make robots.

Stair climbing robot 1 stair climbing robot team 7 senior design project dalhousie university dept. The structure of the machine was based on the tri wheel configuration patented on october 24th 1967 by robert w. If either of the wheels in contact with the ground gets stuck the whole system rotates over the obstruction.