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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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