Collaborate Disseminate
Who said paddle wheels were just for leisurely riverboat cruises? [rctestflight] is smashing that image with a high-speed twist on the concept, using paddle wheels to propel a ground effect …read more Continue reading A Paddle Wheel Ground Effect Vehicle
As boring as propeller designs may seem to the average person, occasionally there’s a bit of a dust-up in the media about a ‘new’ design that promises at least a …read more Continue reading Testing Futuristic Propeller Designs With a 3D Printer and a Solar-Powered Boat
Ground effect vehicles, or ekranoplans, have the advantage of being more efficient than normal aircraft and faster than boats, but so far haven’t been developed beyond experimental prototypes. Fortunately, this …read more Continue reading Autonomous Ground Effect Vehicle Demonstrator Aims To Speed Up Maritime Shipping
[rctestflight] has built several autonomous boats, and with missions becoming longer and more challenging, he bought an inflatable kayak to serve as a dedicated rescue vessel. Instead of relying on …read more Continue reading Solar Powered Autonomous Tugboat For Rescuing Autonomous Vessels
Scope creep is a real pain in the real world, but for projects of passion it can have some interesting consequences. [rctestflight] was playing around with 3D printed rover gearboxes, which morphed into a 3D printed tank build.
[rctestflight]’s previous autonomous rover project had problems with the cheap geared …read more
Continue reading Autonomous 3D Rover With Tank Tracks Rules The Fields. Almost
There’s nothing quite like the sight of a plastic box merrily sailing its way around a lake to symbolise how easy it is to get started in autonomous robotics. This isn’t a project we’re writing about because of technical excellence, but purely because watching an autonomous tupperware box navigate a …read more
The Empire’s probe droids are one step closer to reality. Continue reading You Can’t Hide From This 1000 Watt LED Drone