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# Biped Mini Cooper Robot
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/biped-mini-cooper-robot/
- Published: 2004-06-07T22:47:51.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-09T04:15:57.000Z
- Description: Here's how to make a fully functional biped robot out of Mini Cooper r50. Believe. "I first had the vision to build a robot while…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

Here's how to make a fully functional biped robot out of Mini Cooper r50\. [Believe](http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/?ref=protein.xyz). "I first had the vision to build a robot while working as an engineer on the old Mini Coopers in the late 1960s. There were no real robots at the time of course, so it was purely science-fiction. But I always believed a robot would be the most natural complement to the automobile - a full biped, intelligent version having great strength, dexterity and a library of mechanical knowledge. I imagined a robot with the ability to repair vehicles, direct traffic and watch over high-accident crossroads to preempt accidents. This ambition started to look possible when work began on the new Mini. I've always believed BMW overbuilds many of their parts, so the over-building of certain Mini applications for my robotics use went unnoticed. In 1998, I began tests in a remote location outside Oxford. In 2000 I thought my formal connection to Mini might be severed when Rover was sold by BMW. Luckily, BMW chose to retain the Mini brand. Subsequently, a few engineers would need to stay in England - Oxford to be exact. I was slated for retirement and was originally from the Oxford area so it raised little suspicion when I offered to stay. From then on, progress was swift."

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