Space Mining Robot - C&C Welcome
polycounter lvl 6
So far here is the high poly. I'm not very good at adding visual noise to my work so I'd appreciate ways to detail this.
The idea is this whole thing is 3D printed in space, and then it goes up to asteroids and sticks its probiscus (the big laser-looking drill in the front) into it. Then it grinds up the material and stores it in its abdomen. The arms are gonna have little claws for clamping on the asteroid. Going to fill in the empty space on the big arm with the lattice work that's in the close-up shot. The idea is to have one model that with minimal modification can be 3D printed, rendered or displayed in real time engines.
Hope to hear some feedback and ideas on the design - thanks!
The idea is this whole thing is 3D printed in space, and then it goes up to asteroids and sticks its probiscus (the big laser-looking drill in the front) into it. Then it grinds up the material and stores it in its abdomen. The arms are gonna have little claws for clamping on the asteroid. Going to fill in the empty space on the big arm with the lattice work that's in the close-up shot. The idea is to have one model that with minimal modification can be 3D printed, rendered or displayed in real time engines.
Hope to hear some feedback and ideas on the design - thanks!
Replies
Yea it was intentionally curvy. My thinking is that if it's going to be 3D printed in space then it would probably not be super angular and benefit from the geometric freedom afforded by the manufacturing process.