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Re: Gone with the wind
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:16:39 GMT
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote:
> While you are there, you might want to have a look at Otto, a large
> octagonal two RCXs pneumatic R2-D2 style robot:
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> http://www.geocities.com/~marioferrari/otto/otto.html
I wish I could build things like that...
When I looked, I couldn't figure out from the pictures:
* How are the legs attached to the body?
* How do the pneumatic switches work? (Your picture shows only the
gears, and I can't see how they move the switches.)
* How does the hand open/close?
--
Kevin Reid: | Macintosh:
"I'm me." | Think different.
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| Mario, this is an AWESOME model. Very well done. The description on the web page and especially the schematic is excellent. Thanks for sharing. I noticed your color-coded connectors. On my multi-RCX model[1], I used a 2x6 plate to "gang" all the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Gone with the wind
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| (...) I received many requests to publish details of the pneumatic hand, the switches and other parts. All of them are easily detachable units, I'll take some more pics and update the page in a few days. Mario (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Gone with the wind
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| There some new robots on my Lego/Robotics webpage. Two of them are air propelled, though in a very different way one from the other: Duna Rossa (by Mario & Giulio Ferrari) is a robotic sailing tricycle: (URL) Eolo (by Mario Ferrari & Antonio (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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