Published in :

Risszeichnungsjournal #79 (4-6 1991), page 34/35

History:

The shown robot is a "heavy" duty machine for the science fiction movie with the working title "DANDELION PROJECT". This Low-Budget project is in the planning and shall be realized as German production. The original idea was given by Ralf Gerski and Thomas Heufken (Bochum), design & drawing was done by Olaf Eichler (Bochum).
If you are interested to participate in this project, please contact :
Ralf Gerski
Knappenstr. 29
44799 Bochum

Technical Data:

Heavy duty machine with two-wheel drive;
flexible large working arm with replaceable hand tools;
2 smaller manipulating arms with own fibre optics;
power supply with battery pack on the back of the robot;
Height: 130cm; width/length : 150cm

1. manipulating arms : 4 joints, 3 fingers, "hand" with light source and fibre optics
2. main sensor head : round head is extandable with a tentacle;
   contains sensors for stereoscopic perception (optics, short range radar)
   as well as acoustic sensors
   limited acoustic communication skills