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(...) Yes Dave, there is a robotic competition in something like 10 days. And contrary to what you may be thinking, it's about stacking SQUARE BLOCKS, not stacking ROUND BALLS belonging to someone named Steve :) After all Dave, you WERE the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm kinda here in SOuthern Ontario--trips to Michigan stopped when a friend graduated from Calvin College If y'all are closer than Grand Rapids, I might consider it--6+ hours in the mighty dodge isn't my idea of a good time, though. Dave K (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) There's some sort of block stacking robot thingy?? Dave K (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That would be a minor miracle if Bob Kojima Showed up. Since he lives on the left coast in Oregon. If Bob decided to attend the event, I would go in a heartbeat. Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Great, use those ideas to build a robot that can stack blocks. :) Iain (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) There's a mechanism! reinforcing everything you possibly can! Looks great! Can't see the video 'cause Brickshelf has disabled videos for now. On looks alone though--wonderful job! Dave K (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) I happened upon that while browsing Brickshelf a while back, and was stunned by the beauty of your design (I'm trying to copy elements of it today, as a matter of fact, but keep being ditracted by other things... like lunch). Using the panel (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Ya, but it's a *happy* explosion ;-). Between this page and the SMART crate contraption, I got about 80%+ of that poorly formatted "idea list" on Steve's GBC page. The pictures and animations are great, but I wish my German hadn't collapsed (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) i made a ball pump a few weeks ago. you can check out detailed pics and a video clip in my brickshelf directory: (URL) bob (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Many.... Ideas!!!! Circuit overload!!!! <boom!!> Dave K (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yep, pretty much nailed it, Tobbe. I'm going to try to install my WebCam software (again) and I'll take a video of it. I put lotsa windows in the thing so people can 'see the magic'. Thanks for checking it out! Dave K (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) like that a lot. There are a lot of great ideas on that page! Iain (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The best (simplest) description I've found on-line is this: (URL) Brian Davis (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can see how a new ball falls down onto the rotating brick thingie but what keeps the tower from dumping backwards into the pump while the rotating brick is out of the way? Some magic is done there. Are there sliding bricks which travels (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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On Tue, February 15, 2005 8:19 pm, David Koudys said: (...) I haven't seen too many modules that dump in more than 15 balls at a time. So you should be fine. One cool thing about the GBC is that it's not like a robot competition, where the robot has (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Timed it--about 70 balls a minute, which is close to the math above... Also worked on the bin--doesn't get jammmed up nearly as frequently--works with 40-50 balls in the bin or 15 and under--sometimes, infrequently mind you, gets jammed with (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think motors run around 360 rpm or 6 rps / 5 = 1.2 rps = 1.2 bps (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! I enjoyed it... (...) It's fine with 15 balls at once in the hopper. When it geta above that--to the brim, then sometimes it jams up (...) I'm not good with math, but the motor has an 8 tooth, and that goes to a 40 tooth--the pump is (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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On Tue, February 15, 2005 4:00 pm, David Koudys said: (...) This type of jamming is very common, and sometimes very hard to resolve. I assume it will work fine, if balls come in one-at-a-time. So, if it is placed after a module like this one, that (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well. Sure there's a competition in what, a week and a half... But I got my first fully functioning GBC!!! (URL) directly by Rob (since he was inspired by one of my earlier ideas for a stacking robot--tit for tat I say... oops, am I on my way to (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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