I nearly broke my wrist the other day shoveling snow; this robot is perfect for my place because it can work in tight spaces; where as a full size pick up truck won't be able to. Thumbs up guys!
You could use something like the Oculus rift to control the camera, You could also auto map out the paths via GPS. After removing the snow return to base and (quickswap?) the plough for a hopper with salt. This is awesome!
This is easily the best snow robot I've seen. Great job. Please commercialize it. Most other snow robots are designed by people who have no idea what they're doing.
When I first saw it come out of the garage and it plowed down the little drive way and back up I thought to myself "pfftttt.. so what.". Then I saw it do the side walk and I thought to myself "Wow that is amazing what a useful little machine!". Think of all the time it would of taken to do that with a human and shovel! Oh and the pain. Great video!
This is a fantastic idea. I wonder if it can record its plow pattern and replicate automatically? Also, does it have a proximity warning if it gets to close to something or a moving object?
I've live by the beach in Southern California my whole life. I am spoiled and would never live anywhere that gets that cold or snows. I do think that is a wonderful invention and for the right price highly marketable. I am handicapped and would have to hire someone to do that. very cool, no pun. Much better than the messy snow blowers I've seen on tv.
Hey this thing plows like crazy. I think if public services had such things, snow would be gone before you even wake up. Less people needed for that, it can be converted into anything, and it is eco-friendly! Brilliant, just brilliant!
That thing is pretty slick and I can really respect the amount of work it took to make this. All I can hope is that it finds its place in the market and doesnt take my job! ;D
I've live by the beach in Southern California my whole life. I am spoiled and would never live anywhere that gets that cold or snows. I do think that is a wonderful invention and for the right price highly marketable. I am handicapped and would have to hire someone to do that. very cool, no pun.
This is seriously genius and one of the more well thought out and executed designs I've seen. This guy should start a business manufacturing these, I'm sure there's alot of people that would love to have one. Not only is this very cool and something your neighbors could talk about but it could also be a great way to get the kids to want to move snow ^^
Not a bad idea. Only one question. What about major sidewalk damage from frost? In any place where it snows often frost will inevitably be a problem and will always destroy sidewalks. How does this thing handle damaged surfaces?
What would be a great addition to this is to rig up a snow thrower attachment for when the snow banks get real high in mid winter. This would make a great 'instructable'
Post up another vid if you get deeper snow! I'd love to see it in 12" - 14" of snow. It might need chains, but I'm pretty sure it's heavy enough to handle that much. Awesome project!
awesome video and great idea. I remember a crazy uncle of mine who built something similar only smaller.... also you could hook a raking system on the back so you could rake leaves in the fall time.
I know excatly where your plowing! Bring that thing up the road to Elgin! I would love to see it in person, and I work for a snow company who would die for one.
Love this idea! Is this fully operated from your computer? How far is the range if so? Have you considered putting a higher warning light on it? Have you considered adding another camera to show what is behind you [would hate for some pesky kid to sneak up behind it and get taken out!]? Oh, and I want one.
Dont wanna sound naggy but it looks like a casket on wheels hehe Other than that the concept is pretty cool i would definitely buy one considering i just gave away 2000$ for a new snow-blower and i cant do the work from my PC =P. Bet roboplow can shove robocop to the curb any day =). Gj indeed.
lol i love how serious everyone is about this. And for everyone whining about snow depth, whats to stop you from mounting a thrower attachment with a small onboard 4 stroke for deeper stuff? it seems to have plenty of power to haul something like that around.
Awesome! What program are you using to design it? What program are you using to conrol it? I assume it's over wifi, if it was you could jump between unprotected wifi APs and roam the whole city! haha.
great implementation of a great idea! I imagine that it would be much more efficient than a gas-powered snowblower- keeps you out of the elements, also!
I bet the people that were driving by it were like, "WTH?" LoL That's totally cool. You gotta upload a vid of but only through the cam on the plow itself.
I would be interested in either a self-assemble kit version of this (reduces liability on the GENIUS that made this, or if this was at a specialty store, what the cost may be.
Great work! A remote controlled coffin with a plow :D Love it.
I nearly broke my wrist the other day shoveling snow; this robot is perfect for my place because it can work in tight spaces; where as a full size pick up truck won't be able to.
Thumbs up guys!
I WANT one of these, and it doesn't even SNOW here!!! lmao
Genius, brilliant, innovative, fantastic, unbelievable, spectacular, LEAN!
this is hands down the best rc snow plow i've ever seen i'm sure someone is offering you some big money for this idea it's genius lol..
Wow. almost six years later and i'm just now hearing about this... this is too impressive to not become a thing
You could use something like the Oculus rift to control the camera, You could also auto map out the paths via GPS. After removing the snow return to base and (quickswap?) the plough for a hopper with salt.
This is awesome!
Where's the buy it now button?
This is easily the best snow robot I've seen. Great job. Please commercialize it. Most other snow robots are designed by people who have no idea what they're doing.
When I first saw it come out of the garage and it plowed down the little drive way and back up I thought to myself "pfftttt.. so what.". Then I saw it do the side walk and I thought to myself "Wow that is amazing what a useful little machine!". Think of all the time it would of taken to do that with a human and shovel! Oh and the pain. Great video!
Way to go STC! I barely recognized the street view and Mount St. Mary's Park! Awesome Invention!
-South Elgin
This is a fantastic idea. I wonder if it can record its plow pattern and replicate automatically? Also, does it have a proximity warning if it gets to close to something or a moving object?
Absolutely amazing, have you ever considered selling a build package (plans)? I'd buy one.
It's the Battlebot snowplow! God I miss that show. Keep it up man.
Awesome construction. Maybe i wanna build a snow robot in the future, but now i need to be finish with my projected. Thanks for a good idea..
Great job! LED Fog lights,rear LED strobes, lot of relays,wires,cameras......EXCITING PROJECT!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!
I've live by the beach in Southern California my whole life.
I am spoiled and would never live anywhere that gets that cold or snows. I do think that is a wonderful invention and for the right price highly marketable. I am handicapped and would have to hire someone to do that. very cool, no pun. Much better than the messy snow blowers I've seen on tv.
wow....You should have been to Robot Wars....your robots would have kicked ass!!!
Man this by far the greatest thing I seen!!! Congrats!!
Hey this thing plows like crazy.
I think if public services had such things, snow would be gone before you even wake up.
Less people needed for that, it can be converted into anything,
and it is eco-friendly!
Brilliant, just brilliant!
That is so awesome. What a great idea.
We use a tractor for plowing duties, but this robo plow would make plowing lots of fun!
Take my money please :D
That thing is pretty slick and I can really respect the amount of work it took to make this. All I can hope is that it finds its place in the market and doesnt take my job! ;D
shut up and take my money
Awesomeness! The rotable camera and the Flashing LED lights are brilliant!
Guys patent this and get it into production! Virginia needs these stat!
Where can I get one?? This is a very nice Christmas gift :)
That's pretty awesome. I like that you drove around the block clearing off the sidewalk for everyone.
All it needs to be perfect is a lawnmower attachment. lol ☺
The robot rolls back and says "Another job well done" Pretty cool!
I've live by the beach in Southern California my whole life.
I am spoiled and would never live anywhere that gets that cold or snows. I do think that is a wonderful invention and for the right price highly marketable. I am handicapped and would have to hire someone to do that. very cool, no pun.
This is seriously genius and one of the more well thought out and executed designs I've seen. This guy should start a business manufacturing these, I'm sure there's alot of people that would love to have one. Not only is this very cool and something your neighbors could talk about but it could also be a great way to get the kids to want to move snow ^^
Very nice work. Just add a V plow, reverse cam and maybe some more downpressure
Yes I plan to put a liquid ice melt system on it.
One of the most original and most useful things i've seen on youtube. Good work guys.
Thanks
This is awesome. It'd be even better if you could remove the plough and attach a couple of lawnmower blades for the summer time!
Do i even wanna guess what it cost to build?? Very cool though!
I would buy it, that's probably the neatest thing I've ever seen. It would be great for my dad since he can't shovel because of his bad back
Now thats cool, Is it controlled from the garage of from a hand held remote?
This is great. Imagine earning money clearing driveways. As a teenager I did that.
I've got a loooooong ass drive way. Not only do I want, but I NEED it.
I was wondering what kind of speed controller are you using?
AWESOME!! Few additions ever think of a salt spreader that would be the total package!!
Yeah CNC machinery would come in really handy when working with robots!
kudos! very cool project, was probably a blast to build!
at first i thought the wheels wouldn't have enough traction, but this thing rocks!
woah that is soo cool! although i hate it when people clear the snow away - its really not that hard to walk on it and it looks really cool!
thats so cool, and fast! i think you need to step it up a notch for v2 instead of a plow, a snow blower, and studded tires for deep snow plowing.
Not a bad idea. Only one question. What about major sidewalk damage from frost? In any place where it snows often frost will inevitably be a problem and will always destroy sidewalks. How does this thing handle damaged surfaces?
Great video, well produced and fun to watch. Can you do another one with showing some of the controls while operating?
What would be a great addition to this is to rig up a snow thrower attachment for when the snow banks get real high in mid winter. This would make a great 'instructable'
Post up another vid if you get deeper snow!
I'd love to see it in 12" - 14" of snow.
It might need chains, but I'm pretty sure it's heavy enough to handle that much.
Awesome project!
Amazingly well done. All it needs now is its' own little door to roll out of the garage!
I am impressed! It has power. Snowmover! What's the range on the camera?
And you could sit in your living room window or in your warm car! How ingenius! I hope you pattent this soon and get it on the market! What potential!
awesome video and great idea. I remember a crazy uncle of mine who built something similar only smaller.... also you could hook a raking system on the back so you could rake leaves in the fall time.
I think the flashing tail lights was a nice touch. Nice job! Love it!
Effective range is approximately 5 city blocks
Fail-safes on all channels if the robot does not see a signal it stops.
cool, could also consider adding some sort of salt dispenser in the back
That is way cool. Queation: have you had any problems with the Pneumatics in yhe cold with freezing up?
wow...its awesome
this robot was operated with remote right?
Please post another video. 1 years is just too long to wait. Great idea on the roboplow. Maybe post a how to do it video....
now that is how u enjoy a snow day!!!..... like a boss!!!
I want one! I would volunteer its services for the neighborhood driveways! #resourcebasedeconomy
I know excatly where your plowing! Bring that thing up the road to Elgin! I would love to see it in person, and I work for a snow company who would die for one.
i love the flashin red lights on the back those are so cool great invention guys nice job 5 ***** btw are the red lights led to?
i bet the people driving by were thinking "i wish i had one"
I'm not going to lie that's pretty damn awesome. Great job. Curious question, about how much does it weigh?
hi there ... this is pretty cool ...
can you do it 5 time bigger and bring it to canada?
that is great , awesome,,, I could sure use one of those
getting tired of shoveling or even using a snow thrower
Entertaining, makes me wanna build one when i get cash ;).
What setup of motor's , speed controllers and batteries are you using?
Love this idea! Is this fully operated from your computer? How far is the range if so? Have you considered putting a higher warning light on it? Have you considered adding another camera to show what is behind you [would hate for some pesky kid to sneak up behind it and get taken out!]? Oh, and I want one.
Amazing!! It probably gets better gas mileage than my 87 Chevy too..lol ;)
Awesome robot & video!
Dont wanna sound naggy but it looks like a casket on wheels hehe
Other than that the concept is pretty cool i would definitely buy one considering i just gave away 2000$ for a new snow-blower and i cant do the work from my PC =P.
Bet roboplow can shove robocop to the curb any day =). Gj indeed.
Now when we have a harsh winter here in Sweden, many elder or injured people have a hard time plowing.
You should start selling those !
Kind Regards
That is one very cool machine, no need for it here but I feel sure you could market them worldwide, well done.
It's not a robot, it's a remote controlled plough. Still very cool.
WOW u r the coolest people every,, Can u adopt me?
what is the price???
This is awesome. How much would you say it cost to build? Also...would you consider building one to sell?
Screw getting a new snow thrower,I want one of these.
That's the best invention i ever seen!
So cool.
Combining fun and work!
SO AWESOME! definitely want one!
this is totally amazing how much time did it take to build this nice robot?
what did you use to program it?
Definitely need one! How much and where??
lol i love how serious everyone is about this.
And for everyone whining about snow depth, whats to stop you from mounting a thrower attachment with a small onboard 4 stroke for deeper stuff? it seems to have plenty of power to haul something like that around.
Awesome guys i am in college to be a mechanical engineer... and this is fun inspiration !!! awesome!!
Dear Santa, please give me a snow plowing robot for chrismas or Rudolf dies!
Awesome! What program are you using to design it? What program are you using to conrol it? I assume it's over wifi, if it was you could jump between unprotected wifi APs and roam the whole city! haha.
where can i buy one of those?? :))
great implementation of a great idea! I imagine that it would be much more efficient than a gas-powered snowblower- keeps you out of the elements, also!
That's fantastic! Love the idea and the execution. Scale it up and market it for remote airstrips. :)
I was really hoping you were going to plow into the back of that guys chair at the end. But awesome machine and video regardless!
This is one,..one,of the coolest things I hv ever seen!..Great job!
Brilliant, you guys! When can I swing by the Home Depot and pick one up??!!
EXACTLY WHAT LAZY ENGINEERS DO... I absolutely love it, Congratulations!!
HOLEY BALLS! THATS AWESOME! ONLY THING IT NEEDS IS TRACKS
Hi,
How much did it cost if i may ask? I realy like what u made! its realy amazing!
Gr, Ronny from The Netherlands
I bet the people that were driving by it were like, "WTH?" LoL That's totally cool. You gotta upload a vid of but only through the cam on the plow itself.
I would be interested in either a self-assemble kit version of this (reduces liability on the GENIUS that made this, or if this was at a specialty store, what the cost may be.