Robot climbs Grand Canyon with batteries

By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer, Electronic Devices / Robotics

In this photo released Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., in Tokyo, robot Evolta on a pair of Panasonic's AA batteries climbs up a rope dangling from a crevice in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., on its way to moving up some 530 meters (1,740 feet) Saturday, May 24, 2008, in six hours and 46 minutes, according to Matsushita, which makes Panasonic brand products. The 17 centimeter (6.7 inch)-tall, 130 gram (5 ounce) imp-shaped robot is powered by new alkaline batteries Evolta which are being billed as the world's longest lasting, according to Guinness World Records. (AP Photo/Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)

(AP) -- Watch out Energizer Bunny. Robot Evolta kept climbing and climbing - up a rope dangling from a Grand Canyon cliff for nearly seven hours on a pair of AA batteries that Japan's Panasonic is billing as the world's longest lasting.

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Posted by Doug_Huffman 05/28/08 18:39

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"...a rope dangling from a crevice..." ESL?

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Posted by trickyt 05/29/08 01:06

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Anyone know what that converts to in joules, or EVs (no pun intended..)?

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Posted by paulo 05/29/08 02:35

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..... and then throw the dead batteries into the grand canyon - the grandest landfill of all.

why more disposable batteries,,, and why on earth is this on physorg?

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Posted by dirk_bruere 05/29/08 04:34

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Why don't these stories actually give us some real figures eg Ah and voltage stats?

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Posted by Bonkers 05/29/08 06:56

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675 Joules = mgh
works out at 780mAh per cell (@1.2V average) - of actual work.

wouldn't mind knowing what the cellmAh is really.

should be 3 - 3.5 Ah.

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Posted by 1664 06/08/08 13:16

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Looks slightly like mega man!