Subject:
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Re: The Giant Wheelbot
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:45:43 GMT
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Original-From:
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J Austin David <austin@&StopSpam&havoc.gtf.org>
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austin@gtf.[Spamless]org
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> This reminds me of something I was considering building about a year ago,
> though not out of Lego. (I consider building a lot of things, but nothing ever
> gets built)
>
> I had the idea to build a remote controlled robot completely contained in a
> sphere. It would go back and forth by the same principal; the electronics and
> battery would act as the pendulum. But the battery would also move side to
> side. The theory was that while it was moving forwards or backwards, the side
> to side movement would cause it to tilt and maybe turn.
>
> I never started the project because I could never find a sphere to build it
> into. It would be pretty fun to play with. Every time I think about the robot,
> I get this image in my head of it painted up like a soccer ball, running away
> from a hoard of confused soccer players =D.
>
> I don't know why I bothered writing this, since it's useless to you as it would
> only work in a sphere.
Stick it in one of those "hamster balls". They make bigger ones for
rats and ferrets.
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J Austin David austindavid.com austin@gtf.org
Life is hard. It's harder if you use NT.
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