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RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:11:28 GMT
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The trick and folly with robotics is anthropomorphic thinking. Even though
we can use our hand to pick up a quarter, why would you design something
that complicated for the task? Quarters are rarely found resting on
edge..... use a rubber suction cup and vacuum....just like the pick and
place robots for PCB manufacturing. You may be able to get enough vacuum
by connecting the end of the line to the bottom of a large pneumatic
cylinder, and pulling on the rod end.
Jeff
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
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| (...) Ummm, I'd use a magnet. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Indside of a dog, it's too dark to read... ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
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| (...) Exactly. The robot should carry a stack of quarters in a hopper and when it finds one it should vaporize it and release one of its own internal quarters into the storage bin. Now we have reduced the problem to vaporizing a quarter. What about (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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