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Re: Space Elevevator design studies using Mindstorms
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Mon, 24 May 2004 16:24:06 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I found this while nosing around
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> http://www.liftport.com/gplimages.php
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> These lifters go up and down simulated carbon nanotube ribbons.
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> Hope you find it interesting.
That's pretty cool. The Robot Society of America (RSA) listed on that page, has
hosted a couple ribbon climbing competitions, including one at the ROBOlympics
in March with a grand prize of $1000 for the fastest robot to climb the ribbon.
However, there was a significant bonus (10x) for robots that were completely
solar powered.
I built a LEGO robot, and hoped none of the solar robot would be able to make
the 15 foot climb in less than the 3 minute time limit.
Mine was able to make the climb in about 20 seconds (including the 5 second
pause), but one of the solar robots did succeed in climbing the ribbon in a
little over a minute, which, with the bonus, easily won.
Here's the ROBOlympics page, which has the rules and such:
http://www.robolympics.net/events.shtml
Steve
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