I believe such a device was discussed somewhere but I can't remember where. In principle there seems no reason why it shouldn't work, but in the big bad world of real engineering, that's a different matter...
Quote from: douglas100 on 07/24/2012 01:21 pmI believe such a device was discussed somewhere but I can't remember where. In principle there seems no reason why it shouldn't work, but in the big bad world of real engineering, that's a different matter...It was done on the X-38, with electric actuators...
It is done for landing military payloads as well, I think usually with a sort of pneumatic "muscle" device.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 07/24/2012 05:25 pmIt is done for landing military payloads as well, I think usually with a sort of pneumatic "muscle" device.I though that these guys used regular servos.