Thursday, 16 September 2010

The Mecha-lobster...

We've had some interesting enquiries this week, but I think Thomas Rooney from the University of West England wins hands down!  He needed some bearings to use for his underwater robotics project:

"The aim is to create an underwater robot capable of utilizing home built thrusters and mechanical spider legs , later on I have plans for using it as a underwater test rig and developing a sensor for measuring and reacting to underwater currents. As the final year project of my degree I will be working with the university's sonar module to enhance the software we created for the SAUC-E event and add compensation for physical movement caused by the underwater enviroment."



We've sent him some of our plastic corrosion resistant bearings & look forward very much to hearing how he gets on with them!


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2 comments:

Red Bike said...

I wish it was possible to use plastic bearings on bicycles.
Maybe it is?

Unknown said...

Oh Red, if only it were!! Unfortunately, they are for low speed & loads only - you'd probably crumple them within seconds of fitting them to your bike :0(

They are good for tricky little apps like Thomas's though, or really corrosive environments.

We'll keep looking for the perfect solution for you though - new developments are coming every day...