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Re: Building my first Mecha with an RCX - advice please?
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Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:57:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Edward Cox writes:
Hi, I am about to embark on building my very first Mecha and intend to
incorporate the Mindstorms RCX unit (with motors/light sensor/etc.).

Yes very cool.

Does anyone have some advice they can offer? Should a Mech use bi-ped
walking or wheels?

um,.......what part of the Mech do you want the 3 motor ports to control?
how dow you want the sensors to fit into the design?

Are there some sites around that provide some building instructions to
assist me?

Are you familiar with these?

www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Legomaster

Any advice/all advice glady accepted :-)

Thanks,

Ed.

Eric

Oh, thanks Matt! you know the dilly hoss. *>*



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(...) Thanks - let's wait and see how I go. (...) I guess that primarily two of the motors would handle the legs or wheels for direction. Next I'd have at least one motor to raise or lower arms. Of course I hadn't forgotten the head - so I'd use a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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Hi, I am about to embark on building my very first Mecha and intend to incorporate the Mindstorms RCX unit (with motors/light sensor/etc.). Does anyone have some advice they can offer? Should a Mech use bi-ped walking or wheels? Are there some sites (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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