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RE: Antenna Bumpers/Insects
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:48:33 GMT
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Original-From:
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Vaan, Howard <HOWARD.VAAN@CSFP.saynotospamCO.UK>
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This means the insect doesn't get into those situations, rather than making
it able to get out of them . . .?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Hardie [SMTP:pete.hardie@dvsg.sciatl.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 1:42 PM
> To: 'lego-robotics@crynwr.com'
> Subject: Re: Antenna Bumpers/Insects
>
> Vaan, Howard wrote:
> >
> > I've just made a simple bot with the antenna-like config in the
> > Constructopedia + implemented the simple touch>stop motor algorithm.
> >
> > One problem the robot has is with table/chair legs and the like - the • bot
> > wanders straight into it and then can't escape because the antennae make • it
> > continually steer back into it.
> >
> > OK - I know plenty of ways to fix this, from a HW or SW point of view . • . .
> > that's not the question.
> >
> > How do real insects with long antenna manage this problem? Can they • walk
> > backwards? I don't think so . . .
>
> They change the position of the antennae - those things usually have a
> joint
> at the base.
>
> How else would they wave them around menacingly?
>
> --
> Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
> Scientific Atlanta |
> Digital Video Services Group |
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