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| Well, it finally got sunny here. In direct sunlight, the solar cell seems to put out about 4V, 135mA (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dacta)
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| After viewing the walder movie, I wonder if it would work with flat feet, and an ankle joint? Gravity would keep the flat foot pointed down when the leg was lifted. - pete. (...) -- Pete Sevcik sevcik@flash.net Techno-stuff Robotics (URL) for FUN ! (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Is this set still available? If so, does anyone know where it may be purchased? (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| What kind of ankle joint? A motorized one, or passive one? If it is the first type I think the leg will be too heavy to be moved quickly. That is critical since the robot falls onto itself. Looking closer at the design, I think that you only need to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| |  | | Re: Solar Cell Output in Direct Sunlight
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| (...) I'd suggest that you try this again mid-summer. The solar radiation angle is still fairly low at this time of year with much of the energy being scattered by the atmosphere as well as being spread over a larger surface area of the earth. I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dacta)
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