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Re: What to purchase first?
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 19:13:46 GMT
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in article 87ya7zj70y.fsf@mpi-sb.mpg.de, Jürgen Stuber at
juergen@mpi-sb.mpg.de wrote on 3/4/00 3:42 AM:


PS: Put wheels on two gear motors, connect them with a cable,
and turn one wheel.  Remarkable, isn't it?

I built a model using this principle.  It's hard to describe how much fun it
is to play with it!

http://www.rdrop.com/~dougw/lego/cranker.html

--
Doug Weathers, http://www.rdrop.com/~dougw
Portland, Oregon, USA
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  Generating power; was: Re: What to purchase first?
 
(...) it (...) insidiously fun! It's amazing that the motor, with its internal flywheel, designed for power efficiency, is such a great generator. I hooked two motors plus the light sensor up to a single motor with a crank arm and I can get the LED (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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  What to purchase first?
 
I am looking at getting into the whole robotics scene but I am very confused on where to begin. I looked at what is available and read all the literature, but now I must ask the pros. 1. As a complete beginner (beginner to robotics, not to Lego or (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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