OmniTread

Video Clips of the OmniTread Family of Serpentine Robots

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OT-4 Video Clips
Thumbnail	Description	Size
	OmniTread OT-4 This video won the Best Video award at the 2008 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2008) Clip is 640x480 in size, 30 fps, 3 minutes long. Concise summary of all video clips on this page. MTV-style.	23 MB

	Single Challenges
	OT-4 climbing up curb OT-4 slipping through hole in wall OT-4 climbing up and slipping through hole in wall OT-4 crossing gap OT-4 climbing up even higher curb OT-4 climbing through cinder block OT-4b climbing up inside vertical pipes (This is our new model. It has all power onboard and runs without tether) All clips are 640x480 in size, at 30fps. each clip is about 1 minute long.	14 MB 13 MB 13 MB 12 MB 10 MB 8 MB 10 MB
	Complex Challenges
	OT-4 climbing up very steep staircase* OT-4 Crossing the Parallel Bars obstacle course* *Motion strategies for Complex Challenges developed by William R. Hutchison, Ph.D., based on his patented "7G" Intelligent Agent Technology. All clips are 640x480 in size, at 30fps. Clips are 1-2 minutes long.	16 MB 12 MB

	Formal Testing at SwRI, Round 2
	OT-4 climbing into and through an inverted-'J' pipe OT-4 climbing up and though hole with sharp edges OT-4 crossing a challenging rockbed *Although edited for brevity, all clips were videotaped during complete and fully successful traverses of the shown obstacles All clips are 640x480 in size, at 30fps and about ~2 minutes long.	14 MB 16 MB 20 MB

	Narrated Video Clips
	Best of OT-8 and OT-4 - 8-minute compilation of our best clips, with narration	69 MB
	OT-4 on WGN-TV Chicago, Sept. 27, 2005	14 MB

Thumbnail	The OT-4's Predecessor: OmniTread OT-8	Size
	OmniTread OT-8 This clip is 320x240 in size, at 30fps. Duration ~7 minutes.	38 MB

This page is subject to frequent additions. Check every month for new clips.