[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 692 – Sternmetal Type 12a Minerbot

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-01-27

Sternmetal Type 12a 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 12a has an articulated chassis with four tracks. It mounts 
two tool arms with hydraulic drills and two manipulator arms to reach 
back into the explosives compartment. Imaging radars and an inertial 
tracker are used to navigate in twisting tunnels. 
  The power cell lasts for 325 minutes at top speed.

Subassemblies: Body +1, four Tracks +0, two Arms +0, two Arms -2. 
Powertrain: 6.25-kW tracked drivetrain; 360,000-kWs rechargeable E cell.
Cargo: 10 cf.

Armor       F      RL       B       T       U
Body:     4/20*   4/20*   4/20*   4/20*   4/20*
Tracks:    4/24    4/24    4/24    4/24    4/24
Arms:      4/20    4/20    4/20    4/20    4/20
* Body PD 4, DR 20 plus DR 50 open-frame armor.

Equipment
  Body: Medium cellular phone; two 5x LLTVs; two 1-mile, low-resolution 
imaging radars; inertial navigation system; small robot brain, IQ 7, DX 
10. Large Arms: ST 100 cheap, striker arm motors; 5-yard drills. Small 
Arms: ST 20 cheap arm motors. 

Statistics
Size: 8'x4'x4'   Payload: 200 lbs.   Lwt.: 1 ton
Volume: 50 cf    Maint.: 94 hrs.     Price: $45,530

HT: 12.   HPs: 150 Body, 38 each Track, 120 each Large Arm, 36 each 
               Small Arm

gSpeed: 30   gAccel: 2   gDecel: 20   gMR: 0.5   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure Very Low. 4/5 Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
  Body is 18 cf (articulated). Tracks are 18 cf (increased volume). 
Large arms are 6 cf each. Small arms are 1 cf each. Structure is heavy, 
cheap, robotic. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. 3.68 cf of empty space in 
the Body, 5.15 cf of empty space in each Large Arm and 0.85 cf of empty 
space in each Small Arm. Empty weight is 1,800 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 12b.