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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 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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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)
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(...) Magnets work fine to pick up a Canadian quarter, but not American ones. -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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(...) Well, thats easy to solve: Ask one of us to go to the bank and get you a roll of quarters that are magnetic :) James Powell, another Canadian (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There, a silly, off-handed comment on my part spawns an interesting discussion. Hands up all those that actually knew Canadian quarters were magnetic and American quarters are not! I don't know if I should apologize or look smug. Since I'm (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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