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Re: Lego Blimp Project
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 May 2000 19:45:51 GMT
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James Stanton <jbs@parsons.edu!stopspam!>
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Not a bad idea, at one point we were thinking about an X configuration so
that the robot would be able to cover more space.
On Wed, 3 May 2000, Brian B. Alano wrote:
> 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.
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> James Stanton wrote:
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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:
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> > > James Stanton wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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...
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> >
>
> --
> ______________________
> And they did not do as we expected, but they
> gave themselves first to the Lord and then
> to us in keeping with God's will.
> --2 Corinthians 8:5
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>
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