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To: BenLurkin

This sounds promising.

Hydraulics actually works pretty well. You can transfer enormous power with hydraulics...it’s amazing IMO.
The hydraulic technology can be improved beyond what it is today.


3 posted on 12/24/2013 9:45:43 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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To: Bobalu
Hydraulics actually works pretty well.

No kidding, it's especially interesting that hydraulics can be used to make a infinitely-variable transmission.

8 posted on 12/24/2013 10:17:57 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Bobalu; BenLurkin; Darksheare; Dead Corpse
"Hydraulics actually works pretty well. You can transfer enormous power with hydraulics...it’s amazing IMO.
The hydraulic technology can be improved beyond what it is today."

Agreed. By simply increasing the operating pressure, and using fast-acting valve technology, hydraulics can easily duplicate or exceed human-scale muscle activity.

It's what I used for my first android, except the hydraulic "cylinders" were replaced by more smoothly-operating bladders. That's the way our muscles work, after all. Look at your bicep, and just imagine using a bladder to replace it, that swelled up in diameter as its length contracted.

A cool project would be to make an anatomical skeleton with hydraulic bladder muscles as described. The easy way to activate it would be to duplicate your own actions; a bit of "me and my shadow" dance routines to follow.

20 posted on 12/25/2013 8:34:14 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If you voted for 0bama to show that you're not a racist, you're a racist. -- NicknamedMike)
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To: Bobalu

Yep. See my patent...


21 posted on 12/25/2013 10:03:25 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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