View source for Styx The 6 Whegs Robot

== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==

=== Project name ===

Robot with 6 whegs named Styx.

=== Project short description ===

The target of this project is the construction of an autonomous robot with 6 whegs. These are an ibrid between a wheel and a leg.
This particular structure ensures the robot an high speed on the flat terrain (even offroad) and the capability to climb obstacles even higher than the wheel radius.
This architecture is enspired by the movement of the cockroach.
A video of a similar project developed by the Case Western Reserve University can be found here:[http://biorobots.cwru.edu/projects/whegs/miniwhegs]

More specification will come soon.

Advisor: Giuseppina Gini

=== Dates ===
Start date: May 2008

End date: Semptember 2008 (hopefully)

=== People involved ===

Marcello Maggioni [[User:MarcelloMaggioni]]

Alberto Magni - [[User:AlbertoMagni]]

===== Project head(s) =====

Marcello Maggioni [[User:MarcelloMaggioni]]

Alberto Magni - [[User:AlbertoMagni]]

===== Students currently working on the project =====

Marcello Maggioni [[User:MarcelloMaggioni]]

Alberto Magni - [[User:AlbertoMagni]]

=== Laboratory work and risk analysis ===

Laboratory work for this project will be mainly performed at AIRLab/Lambrate. It will include significant amounts of 
mechanical work as well as of electrical and electronic activity. Potentially risky activities are the following:
* Use of mechanical tools. Standard safety measures described in 
[http://airlab.elet.polimi.it/index.php/airlab/content/download/461/4110/file/documento_valutazione_rischi_AIRLab.pdf 
Safety norms] will be followed.
* Use of soldering iron. Standard safety measures described in 
[http://airlab.elet.polimi.it/index.php/airlab/content/download/461/4110/file/documento_valutazione_rischi_AIRLab.pdf 
Safety norms] will be followed.
* Robot testing.  Standard safety measures described in 
[http://airlab.elet.polimi.it/index.php/airlab/content/download/461/4110/file/documento_valutazione_rischi_AIRLab.pdf 
Safety norms] will be followed.

== '''Part 2: project description''' ==