Plethora of robots out there, but it’s R/C Steam Centipede - a steam-engine propelled robot, that grabbed attention of everyone at this year’s Kinetic Artbot RoboGames event. Obsessed with expertise, the robot won silver medal for its excellent design and innovativeness.
However, the greatest gimmick is yet to be revealed, i.e. fuel - the device asks for some bottleful of alcohol so that it could make an unrelenting cruise with the help of oar-like 32 legs.
It’s propelled by 2X Wilesco D49 Marine Double Piston Steam Engine. The designer fused together a Gakken centipede kit, mounted 2 Wilesco D49 marine steam engines, gear box, pulley system, Mamod SE3 boiler, etc, to make it work appropriately.
The artistic work has been admired though, still I feel like gold medal is the right reward for it. Anyway, if you want to watch the boozy machine running, you need that bottle of whiskey.
Jump over to image-gallery & video-clip pinned below to have glimpses of creative work.
steam centipede Picture Gallery
