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The Mondo Spider is a ride-on walking machine propelled via eight steel legs in a walking motion utilizing the Klann Linkage. It was designed and built in 2005 and 2006 by Leigh Christie, Jonathan Tippet, Charlie Brison, Alex Mossman, Dillard Brinson, Sam Meyer and Ryan Johnston. Now affiliated with the Vancouver-based charity eatART foundation, the spider has fascinated spectators at events such as the Burning Man festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, New York's "Gagettoff" and numerous television appearances. The first power source was a Honda V-twin engine and a system of hydraulic pumps and motors, which was upgraded in January 2010 as part of the Mondo Spider "0 Emissions" program. The vehicle has a carrying capacity of one person and a maximum speed of around , a "brisk walking speed". ==History== The spider concept was inspired by the Vancouver Junkyard Wars, which were a localised version of the concepts in the TV shows ''Scrapheap Challenge'' and ''Junkyard Wars USA''. As part of the 2006 Burning Man festival theme "Hope and Fear" the project received a grant from the Burning Man group〔(Burning Man funded art projects - Mondo Spider project )〕 to build the mechanical spider for demonstration at the festival.〔(Mondo spider project history page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mondo spider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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