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Re: Bumper Ideas Needed
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 4 Dec 1998 19:15:11 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <LMARTINS@antispamMARKTEST.PT>
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At 18:53 04-12-1998 Friday , you wrote:
> Still don't have my RIK, but here's some ideas...
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> First, a dumb question... just how far does the typical bot take to stop
> when the motors are put into brake mode?
It's almost instantaneous.
The problem is that I'm trying to map a room mapper and I don't want it to move it's position because of an impact so I know where it stands. Besides, the motors can make the bot move very fast!
> A hoop skirt could be made of flex-system pieces. It would be nice and
> light. Give it only two supports, 180 deg from each other. One would
> simply be a hinge, probably a universal joint; the other would be hooked
> up to a touch sensor. The problem here is we need a way to push on the
> touch sensor no matter which way the skirt gets bumped.
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> The skirt would need to be wide and quite springy, which is why I want to
> use flex-system and not regular Technic parts.
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> My other idea is to use flex-system pieces as insect antennae. Just one,
> running out in front and in back in an arc. (Imagine a bow shape, with no
> string and the bot where the arrow would be. Much weaker of course.)
> Both antennas would be attached to the same touch sensor, at the bow's
> "handle", such that an incoming bump on either antenna sets off the
> sensor.
Great idea!!! :-)
> Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and
> danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana
> danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu
Ass: LAU
A minha pagina: http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/
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