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Re: OOhh new preson
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:32:52 GMT
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> This seems like an EXCELLENT project!
thank you.
> Send photo's!
Possibly a bit early as neither code nor bricks have been touched..
:)
> It would be cool to make it bidirectional and have touch sensors in the
> 'fingers' of the robot arm that send commands back to the thingy you strap
> to your arm to make a set of motors press gently on your fingertips.
I can see that being a terrifying learning curve....
(mental note, test on other people first)
> This is called 'haptic feedback' - and it's VERY cool. You move your • fingers
> and as the robot grabs something, you can *feel* what it's feeling!
Or intense pain as it crushes the puny victim strapped into it.
(definatly need a volunteer)
> What's even better is to somehow measure the amount of power you have to • exert
> with the robot arm in order to perform the task that it's commanded to • do -
> and then send that back to the controller and apply that same amount of • force
> back onto the human's arm. Then you can feel the weight of things you
pick up.
I see the beginings of a new sci-fi horror story.
> > The only thing I'm a bit worried about is the vision command thing, any
> > words of wisdom from lego-wise persons?
> > ("give up now, you're doomed".. is not helpful)
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> Well, I don't see that as a big deal - you might be better off using a
> regular 'web cam' though.
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> What'll get tricky (over a remote link) is that you'll have a big delay
> between moving your arm and seeing it happen. This latency can make
> these things virtually uncontrollable.
true, perhaps the camera will be better suited to a more "joystick"
controlled approach..
(gentle little movements)
(harder when strapped into arm thing.)
thanks for the feed back
john b.
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