...just to explain a little more..

That process is so complex that I dont think you could do it with any speed. One step is fine but 15 or 30? ... how much time is that going to take? I think the current models at iRobot are faster at stair climbing...

The other snag is the depth and rise to the stairs... with this robots "crutch" foot maybe it can adjust for the size of the stair.. but I can see a very compact set of stairs or a spiral stair case being a big problem for this bot.

Its a great idea though... I'm wondering what his thesis was about.. I'm sure it wasn't titled "stair climbing robot"... that would have been shit we did in high school with legos...

Sorry.. iBOT has this beat hardcore...

...and I drive past iRobot every day going to work ;-]

sign me up!

yes please!!

I was needing a new phone...

You guys may want to look at a game called Beatmania and IIDX made by Konami..

this has been done before.. fire the lawsuit cannons

You guys dont realize that the segway was a spin-off of a wheelchair design he made. A bunch of years before the segway was released Dean came out with a wheelchair that could balance on two wheels, climb stairs, and go on sand...

...I suggest you look it up

and I suspect part of him getting into this project is taking technology created for it and moving it to the commercial market

wireless nunchuck ftw

where there's a will... there's a way...

you guys do realize that this is NOT one of the giveaway posts right?