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Title: coconut tree climber Post by: pylonplane on January 28, 2012, 07:09:27 PM Friend i am trying to design a rc robot which will climb a tree and pluck a coconut
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: coolpratheesh on January 28, 2012, 07:44:59 PM Any particular designs in mind... or are u experimenting???
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: roopeshkrishna on January 28, 2012, 07:52:32 PM Pylon..its easy to make a coconut tree climber with high torque / high speed plastic gear boxes, and can control by a simple 9 channel radio, include the coconut plucker..make a split ring type structure for body, with auto tensioner mechanism, so, it can climb any sized trees.. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: roopeshkrishna on January 28, 2012, 07:58:32 PM a non sharp spiked wheel gave me a beeter non slip grip over tree, and place the wheels in 120 degree each..
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: KALYANPRODHAN on January 28, 2012, 08:14:50 PM Simple,
Search High mast maintenance system. It contains 2 sets of three spring loaded wheel among which power will be given for rising and taking down.Spring loading for self adjust the alignment. And of course robotic arm (with powerfull servo and a rotating cutter like dremel. Thanks Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: santoshC on January 29, 2012, 09:07:39 AM Something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNj4vTRtDW4 I was also planning to build something similar for Vidyut a robotic competition.Please let us know when you start building one. Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: pylonplane on January 30, 2012, 06:12:23 PM where can i get the things you described :help:
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: Galland on January 31, 2012, 12:49:38 AM Climbing a pole is one matter and plucking coconuts is another issue. Anyone got a schematic to explain?
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: rohitvijaykadam on January 31, 2012, 09:10:27 AM I guess climbing tree is easy. But How you are going to pluck coconuts?
Title: Re: coconut tree climber Post by: Swapnil on January 31, 2012, 09:58:47 AM Hey Shaunak, a coconut plucking machine was successfully tested by Mr. Zakarias Mathew last September.
Check out the complete article here: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/future/now-robot-can-pluck-coconuts-986 |