
Unconventional Vehicles • Chapter 16 331
Summary
If there’s a lesson you can draw from this chapter, it is that any problem in robotics
requires a custom-tailored solution.After having long talked of standard mobility
configurations, we described some situations where none of them applies.
You’re not necessarily required to invent new solutions any time, more often
you can just look around you, or on the net, and find something that helps you
or points you in the right direction. SHRIMP was designed to move on bumpy
terrains, but there are obviously other possible configurations. For example, the
robotic vehicles designed for planetary exploration are a ...