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Re: It took me all day
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Sun, 25 Aug 2002 04:48:02 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys writes:

It's really hard to stack two blocks on top of each other... tried about 5
times and gave up but this is tres cool!

Dave: Thanks for sharing this!

I'm re-evaluating the grabbing mechanism this weekend...  but I'm not home
so it'll prob'ly be monday before I get it on the 'bot.

I just used the same grabber mechanism I used in my block stacking 'bot many
moons ago, but it appears not to work as well here.

As well, the 'bot appears to be stuck on something--since I'm not home right
now, I can't tell what it could possibly be--prob'ly stuck on its own wires...

Indeed. I tried to unstick it just now but no luck. It will rotate a little
bit but won't move. Jaws work. The old NASA trick of shaking the jeepers out
of it to see if it will break free didn't work.

Can you post (or refresh memory of) some pics of the bot itself?



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  Re: It took me all day
 
(...) I'll get some pics up soon... I built a new 'bot this weekend, which is identical to the 'bot at home--except the gripping mechanism which seems to be better. When I get home (I'm in Toronto right now, visiting the better looking half), either (...) (22 years ago, 25-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  Re: It took me all day
 
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) I just finished uploading pics of the 'bot that's going to replace the 'bot at home. The two 'bots are basically the same--the difference is in the gripping mechanism--this new one (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: It took me all day
 
(...) I'm re-evaluating the grabbing mechanism this weekend... but I'm not home so it'll prob'ly be monday before I get it on the 'bot. I just used the same grabber mechanism I used in my block stacking 'bot many moons ago, but it appears not to (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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