2006-09-17 02:17:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
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2006-09-17 02:19:48 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume, you mean float in water? I guess, you can make a robot float if you kept it's weight down, protected it's electronics, and built in some sort of floatation system.
For example: Let's say you built a robotic spider. All it might take is adding a layer of Styrofoam (thickness to be determined) to the bottom of it to keep it afloat if it were light enough.
You could probably do the same thing with a humanoid robot, but instead you would probably use pockets of air that could be put into where ever you could fit them starting with the legs and working up. Over all, you would want the most on the top so that it would float up right with the head out of the water if you couldn't get it to float on it's back.
The hard part with a humanoid robot though would be the weight, because it would need a lot of power, which means a heavy battery. Plus, you have the weight of the frame, all the electronics and the mechanical stuff too. It would definitely be a challenge.
2006-09-17 09:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by JSalakar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as long as the structure is watertight and displaces a greater mass of water than the mass of the robot. It's why ships float. When you hear of ship of 1 ton or 200,000 tons, what is being talked about is the mass of water displaced by the volume of the ship up to the waterline, not the weight or mass of teel used in the construction of the ship.
2006-09-18 07:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Floating is a matter of density, i.e. mass per unit volume. If you make a robot and it doesn't float: add on a bigger (airtight) body, and fill it with helium.
Or just make a robot shaped like a ship. (Ships have big air pockets inside them which make them float).
2006-09-17 14:46:09 · answer #4 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the question is can "you" make a robot float?
2006-09-17 09:36:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Rootbeer float? A robot float is impossible to go down
2006-09-17 09:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by 38C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you define as a robot?
Try watching Techno games, or go here and look up Jack Flash.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/robots/techlab/sub_showcase.shtml.
2006-09-17 11:30:44 · answer #7 · answered by NEIL C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not? You can buy a waterproof cover for your ipod and take it swimming, so why not a robot?
2006-09-17 09:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Beebee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I can't make it... go 2 link below :
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1997/03/23/METRO8107.dtl&type=printable
2006-09-17 09:23:16 · answer #9 · answered by Innocence Redefined 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-09-18 02:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋