[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 693 – Sternmetal Type 12b Minerbot

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-02-03

Sternmetal Type 12b Minerbot v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  The Sternmetal Minerbot series is used on inhospitable planets. The 
Type 12a sets explosive charges, the Type 12b removes the ore and the 
Type 12c lays tracks in the newly cleared tunnel. A central computer 
coordinates a swarm of semi-independent robots.
  The Type 12b Minerbot runs to the end of the tracks to remove rocks 
and ore and to prepare the ground for the next section of tracks. The 
robot mounts an excavator arm in front and a cargo bay in the rear. A 
powerful light and two cameras are used to control the excavator - on 
tracks, navigation is hardly a problem ...

Subassemblies: Body +2, four Railway Wheels -1. 
Powertrain: 6.25-kW wheeled drivetrain; 7.5-kW contact power.
Cargo: 40 cf open.

Armor       F     RL      B      T      U
Body:      3/8    3/8    3/8    3/8    3/8
Wheels:   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12

Equipment
  Body: Medium cellular phone; 1-mile searchlight; two 1x LLTVs; small 
robot brain, IQ 7, DX 10; ST 20 power shovel. 

Statistics
Size: 8'x4'x4'   Payload: 800 lbs.   Lwt.: 1 ton
Volume: 50 cf    Maint.: 188 hrs.    Price: $11,287.5

HT: 11.   HPs: 113 Body, 23 each Wheel.

gSpeed: 80   gAccel: 4   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.5   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure High. No Off-Road Performance.

Design Notes
  Body is 40 cf. Wheels are 10 cf (increased volume). Structure is 
medium, cheap, robotic. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. 17.53 cf of empty 
space in the Body. Empty weight is 1,200 lbs.
  The vehicle uses the design rules from GURPS Vehicles [2nd edition, 
3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi, VXii (the armor volume rule) and 
the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller background affects 
the design decisions, not the technology.


Next Week: The Type 12c.