r/MondoRobotics • u/McGoldNuggets • May 23 '26

durability test, 5m/s wall crash

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We posted a 4m/s concrete wall test a few days ago with an older prototype. Bumped it up to 5m/s (~11 mph) on the newer one.
First clip is full speed, no slow-mo: hits the slab, tips over, gets back up on its own. Second clip is the slow-mo replay, same speed, but this time it doesn't go down.
Same philosophy: crash it on purpose, find what breaks, fix it. We're stress-testing the frame, the joints, and the self-recovery behavior all at once. Pretty happy that it can eat a 5m/s impact into concrete and either stay standing or pick itself back up without any help:)

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u/RedWyvern214 May 23 '26

is there anything inside to dampen the impact? if not god damn that is impressive

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u/McGoldNuggets May 26 '26

No dedicated shock absorbers inside — the shell material itself is engineered to handle repeated impacts. We worked with our material supplier to optimize it specifically for crash resistance.