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Re: Dumb AI
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:56:47 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, David Leeper writes:
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> As I understand Ben's bot, it's built with a diferential. When the robot
> drives normally, the differential turns only the front wheel, moving the bot
> forward. When the bot hits something the front wheel will jam, causing the
> differential to drive the back wheels, which turns the bot based on how you
> design the back wheel drive.
Actually the front fork turns to steer the robot when it stalls. The
importance of the back wheels is to cause front wheel stalls WITHOUT hitting
something. A semi-rigid rear axle means that large turns cause stalls, which
influences the robot to do more straight driving than spinning in circles.
I really recommend that people with a motor and a turntable build it. It's
amazing to watch it move around.
--Ben
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| I would have built it, but while waiting my opportunity, I was doubly inspired: I combined the micro-rover concept with Ben's Rock Stupid Rover and came up with: The Autonomous Mini-Rover! (Also known as the Rock Stupid Ant). No scanner, no digital (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi All, Ben Jackson's robot that avoids obstacles without a CPU got be to think about the idea of using mechanics in place of AI. As I understand Ben's bot, it's built with a diferential. When the robot drives normally, the differential turns only (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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