{{Short description|Walking machine}} thumb|upright=1.2|Mondo Spider The '''Mondo Spider''' is a ride-on walking machine propelled via eight steel legs in a walking motion utilizing the Klann Linkage.
It was designed and built in 2005 and 2006 by Leigh Christie, Jonathan Tippet, Charlie Brison, Alex Mossman, Dillard Brinson, Sam Meyer, Ryan Johnston, and Daniel Anderson. Now affiliated with the Vancouver-based charity eatART foundation, the spider has been featured at events such as the Burning Man festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, New York's "Gagettoff" and numerous television appearances.
The first power source was a Honda V-twin engine and a system of hydraulic pumps and motors, which was upgraded in January 2010 as part of the Mondo Spider "0 Emissions" program.
The vehicle has a carrying capacity of one person and a maximum speed of around {{convert|4|ft/s}}, a "brisk walking speed".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mondospider.com/tech/|title = Tech | Mondo Spider}}</ref>
==History== The spider concept was inspired by the Vancouver Junkyard Wars, which were a localised version of the concepts in the TV shows ''Scrapheap Challenge'' and ''Junkyard Wars USA''. As part of the 2006 Burning Man festival theme "Hope and Fear" the project received a grant from the Burning Man group<ref >[http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/2006/06_art_funded.html#Mondo Burning Man funded art projects - Mondo Spider project]</ref> to build the mechanical spider for demonstration at the festival.<ref name="Mondo spider project history page">[http://www.mondospider.com/creators.php?tab=history Mondo spider project history page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415180747/http://www.mondospider.com/creators.php?tab=history |date=2008-04-15 }}</ref>
==Development team== The Mondo Spider team consisted of a range of volunteers. The project was the creation of the Vancouver, B.C.-based team of Jon Tippett, the brother of Michael Tippett, Charlie Brinson, Leigh Christie, Brad Buss, Ryan Johnson and Tony Geluch.<ref>[http://www.burningman.com/preparation/newsletters/2006-summer/06_news_sum6.html Burning man newsletter 2006 Summer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213231529/http://www.burningman.com/preparation/newsletters/2006-summer/06_news_sum6.html |date=2007-12-13 }}</ref>
==Research and development funding== Initial seed funding from Dillard Brinson, the father of one of the team members. A grant from the 2006 Burning Man committee was obtained after a proposal was submitted. The final leg of development was funded by Rob Cunningham which enabled the project to obtain space with Great Northern Way Campus. On the 20 August 2006 the project implementation was presented to the public at a fund-raiser which raised $1,000 towards the project.<ref name="Mondo spider project history page"/> An industrial design company Industrialus is listed as a project sponsor also.<ref>[http://www.mondospider.com/creators.php?tab=sponsors Mondo spider sponsors list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415180752/http://www.mondospider.com/creators.php?tab=sponsors |date=2008-04-15 }}</ref>
==Specifications== Specifications sourced from the project page<ref>[http://www.mondospider.com/tech.php?tab=specs Mondo Spider Technical Specifications] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810181320/http://www.mondospider.com/tech.php?tab=specs |date=2007-08-10 }}</ref>
:{| |- !colspan=3 align=left|<big>Physical Specifications</big> |- |rowspan=4 width=20px| ! align=left|Weight: | ~{{convert|1600|lb|abbr=on}} |- ! align=left|Length: | {{convert|8|ft|abbr=on}} |- ! align=left|Width: | {{convert|8|ft|abbr=on}} |- ! align=left|Height : | {{convert|5|ft|abbr=on}} |- |<br/> |- !colspan=3 align=left|<big>Powerplant and drive train</big> |- |width=20px| ! align=left|Engine: | Electrical Drive Train: motor, batteries, controller |- |<br/> |- !colspan=3 align=left|<big>Performance</big> |- |rowspan=3 width=20px| ! align=left|Gross power: | {{convert|24|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} |- ! align=left|Maximum range: | {{convert|14|km|abbr=on}} |- ! align=left|Maximum revs: | 3600 rpm |}
The Mondo spider has eight legs.
== See also == * Arachno-Bot * Hexapod (robotics) * {{annotated link|Kinetic art}} * {{annotated link|Leg mechanism}} * {{annotated link|Theo Jansen}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.mondospider.com Mondo Spider website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070104132613/http://industrialus.com/Mondo%20Spider%20Project%20Summary.pdf Mondo Spider Project summary] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hfljB2wQD8 Video/Interview on the Mondo Spider test run along a road] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040324035309/http://mechanicalspider.com/ Mechanical Spider] * [http://www.eatart.org eatART website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161916/http://www.vancouverjunkyardwars.com/ Vancouver Junkyard Wars website]
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