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In article <slrn71pl9g.nv4.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu>, mattdm@mattdm.org wrote:
> I have very little by way of pneumatic stuff; I've mostly avoided sets
> containing pneumatics. But it seems like there's some interesting potential
> when combined with Mindstorms. Has anybody made any interesting
> Mindstorms-controlled air-powered inventions?
Nice thread - I'll have to pick up a Technic Sub to get
a compressor tank (or is there one available cheaper
elsewhere?) Anyway...
Has anyone here seen the high-quality photo of the
soda-can grabber 'bot that Lego has at its Mindstorms
site? It uses a compressor and pneumatics for the
grabbing mechanism, and a full-size 8735 motor to
control the pneumatic switch.
Go to:
http://www.legomindstorms.com/press/
and go to the "download area". Scroll down a bit, and
click the "download this image" link under the "LEGO
MINDSTORMS Robotic Arm designed to transport soda cans".
The actual image link is:
http://nettvik.no/naeringsparken/lego/28.jpg
-Tim
--
Tim and/or Shelley Rueger - rueger "at" io.com
WWW page: http://www.io.com/~rueger/
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| In article <rueger-141098184407...7.io.com>, rueger@io.com had their 2d worth... (...) You might want to consider the 8459 (front-end loader) it's only a little more expensive but has a compressor tank, three large pistons, and two pneumatic (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) that you can see the big air pump, with its spring still attached, is used in the compressor. Has anybody built this robot from the pictures? I always wonder how well the compressor works. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I built a compressor with the large pump with the spring removed. It worked but it was too slow . It took 3-4 minutes before enough pressure was available to open a big piston just once. The compressor had to be geared very slow to provide (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have very little by way of pneumatic stuff; I've mostly avoided sets containing pneumatics. But it seems like there's some interesting potential when combined with Mindstorms. Has anybody made any interesting Mindstorms-controlled air-powered (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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