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Re: Lego Blimp Project
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 May 2000 18:37:33 GMT
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James Stanton <jbs@SAYNOTOSPAMparsons.edu>
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We were thinking of using a railroad track. Fortunately we can punch many
holes into the ceiling being that it is a gallery space. Our project
sounds similar to yours. THe basic idea is a dynamic web-presence for the
exhibition going on below the robot.
Jim
On Wed, 3 May 2000, Dean Husby wrote:
> James Stanton wrote:
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> > Unfortunately, the blimp never left the ground. We found that we would
> > need a baloon about the size of a VW beetle to get our equipment in the
> > air. We are currently working on a project involving suspended tracks...
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> I did some work on that. It was for a webcam that could move around and lower
> a part of it with the camera and could spin around... It was going fine until
> I realized I had to support the track every few inches. WAY to many holes in
> the ceiling for a rental. Sigh. So I switched to a track on the ground.
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> Dean
> --
> Coin-Op's For Sale!: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/coin-op.html
> Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html
> Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc
>
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| How about more of a cable car mechanism? It would take a lot less infrastructure. By suspending your robot from the ends of three cables which are anchored in different corners of the room, you could reach more areas of the room. (...) -- ___...___ (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Lego Blimp Project
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| (...) I'd love to hear how you are dealing with the interface on the Internet. If your allowing users to control it. I've been having a hard time getting something to work where multiple users would not make it just 'buzz' on the spot from getting (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I did some work on that. It was for a webcam that could move around and lower a part of it with the camera and could spin around... It was going fine until I realized I had to support the track every few inches. WAY to many holes in the (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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