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Re: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:42:03 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Brian Davis wrote:
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> Use your imagination! One of the reasons Steve included my (huge, poorly
> spelled, not-yet-ready-for-primetime) list was to show the options that just
> a few people could come up with... and there's several of the lift
> mechanisms inthe video that are not in my list*, so long as it is, it is
> hardly complete! • (snip)
> For other ideas, check out SMART's Crate Contraption... or do a
> Brickshelf search on the word "marble" (the Rolling Ball Clock is an example
> here)... or do a Google search for "rolling ball machines" or sculptures.
> There is a HUGE amount of inspiration out there for this type of thing.
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> *about that list. I really can spell better than that.
Another awesome source which you may want to link the main page to is:
<http://www.kugelbahn.info/deutsch/haupt/einl.html>
While not in English, it does contain animations of nearly every idea on the
list. Wow!
You can get a rough auto-translation at:
<http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html>
Paste in the site's address, select German to English, and wait a few moments.
This is a great idea, Steve (et al)! I am already thinking of how to modify my
LEGO ball pump to fit the standard.
Rick C.
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| (...) Thank you! I found this page ages ago when trying to find an easy way to build a step feeder (I've wanted to build one ever since a certain Playful Penguin thread in rtlToronto), and it inspired me to start a list, but I couldn't relocate it! (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) As I recall (I was not present, but talked with Steve about it) that module had problems with jamming - I think what you see in the video is a single ball partially jamming the mechanism and being kicked out hard. That particular module used (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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