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This is a follow up to our proposal for accessing the big void in the Great Pyramid from the so-called air shafts, using a robot. We now present a physical prototype of a new pyramid robot which, with further development, may be able to do this.
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==== Sources ==========
Papers:
The Djedi Robot Exploration of the … – Richardson, Whitehead et al
YouTube:
Video:
Scanning the Pyramids – NOVA
Websites:
https://www.realrobotics.co.uk/2020/03/02/the-djedi-project-part-1/
www.scanpyramids.org
www.boringcompany.com
Chapters:
01:00 Brief re-cap
01:50 Prototype
03:23 Testing
06:21 Findings
07:40 The future
10:51 Conclusion
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Sorry about the delay in releasing. Prototyping is hard to predict: R&D, wait for parts, R&D, wait for parts etc. Addressing potential comments: in the lucky case of needing to drill only a few feet, a drill-extension mechanism is worked-out and accounted for in the robot's design (width issues considered). But R&D can't proceed without knowing the final hole length. Measures against potential obstacles (granite, sand, gaps etc) would not be implemented in the first iteration, unless they're actually encountered in reality. Otherwise costly R&D would be wasted addressing things that don't exist.
@01:00 Brief re-cap
@01:50 Prototype
@03:23 Testing
@06:21 Findings
@07:40 The future
@10:51 Conclusion
Permit is the biggest problem
Thanks for sharing, keep up the great work! Salute from Holland 😊
Crowd source the funding. I’ll definitely pitch in ❤
I was initially skeptical of the concept, because it's not difficult to imagine something going wrong with this complexity. However, the prototype looks pretty good for a first run and I think you already won me over. Please keep up the good work. I very much look forward to seeing the progress.
So good to see new vids. No one else does it better!
Keep it up, it’ll pick up! Wow great stuff indeed…!
I don't get it. Get a Patreon, SubscribeStar, PayPal and Buy Me a Coffee to subsidize your channel. Later with more subscribers start the paid Members privileges.
Your the best. I was sad to see your hiatus. You'll build
Thx
Hands down the best theory channel out there
It is an absolute tragedy for the thousands of people out there who have a real interest in science that you're not making videos anymore. Your videos have done more than you think to put the theories from pseudoarcheology grifters in the ground, and more importantly convince laymen not to take them seriously. This channel could have been the next miniminuteman
Please come back someday
You could use a jack screw to spread your 2 stop pads. Get one that has a pitch that is not back drivable and you could deploy the stop pads and then shut power off to the servo and I would stay there without continuous power input. Then, when it is time to retract, has the servo turn the other way and retract, then turn off the power and you are good to go.
About time you came back!
Keep going, you deserve 10 million subscribers
Amazing work! Hope this project gets us somewhere.
Night Scarab has RETURNED! Fuck yes!
FYI there are off the shelf RC cars that are designed for low speed crawling. They are relatively cheap (~$400), have 4 wheel drive and can easily climb a 35 degree slope. Their low gear ratio also makes them capable of holding position on a slope. Traxxas TRX 4 sport is a good example.
Scare us into thinking its over
Then makes a comeback to fill the void
No pun intended…
I'm glad you're back!
Guys, don’t stop, pleeeeeeeeaaaaaasssseee! :)
Welcome back!! ❤
Finally, another video from Night Scarab!
(You guys scared the living daylight out of us with the 'no video until further notice' message.)
"Tourism and antiquities" odd honesty there
You can forget about Elon. Hes gone looney tooney.
I hope Zahi will take this seriously but he will undoubtedly have an excuse not to explore further.
Thank you for this work. It’s amazing that you put this much time, effort, and money into something like this, and I very much appreciate you for doing it. Keep up the awesome work sir. I think if you could get some exposure on this project, that would help tremendously to getting it in front of the eyes of the right people who could finance it or get it done. I hope you’re successful
If the Egyptians wanted to find out whats inside we would have known by now. Its not the tech issue.
You’re the best ! Welcome back, hearing in such detail about the upcoming excavation. It’s so wonderful.
Good luck getting the Egyptian antiquities (or whoever they are these days) douches to sign off on this.
ALL HAIL THE NIGHT SCARAB
So glad you’re back !
Glad you're making content again
When Gilles Dormion drilled in the Great Pyramid he was not allowed to use a water-cooled drill for fear that water may cause water damage to any objects found. Although the geometry is quite different, I suspect Egyptian officials would have problems with using water to flush out limestone dust.
I have thought of three solutions to the dust problem, although I think the first two are bad.
1 – Windshield wiper. A brush moving on a gantry to brush the dust out of the way. Does not need to reset, can push some dust up and some down. Gantry could be longer than the robot, allowing the dust to be pushed very far away. A telescoping gantry could be even longer, but would come with added complexity and risk of getting stuck.
pros – fairly simple, manual control would be easy to make
cons – may cause dust cloud, and can only move so much dust before it becomes a problem, seeing the dust and the brush may be a problem depending on the number and position of cameras and lights
2 – Fan. I'm thinking a computer fan, simply blows the dust up the shaft.
pros – even simpler
cons – will cause dust cloud
3 – Dust Buster. A small vacuum cleaner mounted the robot or on a trailer to suck up the dust
pros – can remove dust entirely from shaft, just back out and empty when full, very little dust left in shaft to cause issues for further exploration, simple to use: suction funnel is placed beneath the drill and turns on when the drill is running
cons – more complex construction, likely to require custom parts and will add much more weight to the robot
I think 3 is the best option.
How much can we learn about the void by just calculating the physics involved. it's can't be random that a void can withstand the weigh of whatever many levels above it for thousands of years not to mention dozens of earthquakes, as best of my knowledge there's no cave ins in the pyramids. there must be some engineering involved to make these voids possible, the question is can't we reverse the process and assume the engineering and learn more with just that…. having said that i don't think you can say with absolute certainty that this won't damage structurally sensitive areas
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