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    Re: All-around-the-robot bump detection —Dennis Parker
   How 'bout this as an alternative. A flexable containment, possibly the moderate diameter rubber tube, inside which are two circuits. One is a continuous metal strip which runs along the inside edge of the outside wall of the tube. The second is a (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        RE: All-around-the-robot bump detection —Kerry Garrison
   There is an example on the net somewhere of building it just like this using the bend sensors ripped out of a Mattel PowerGlove. -Kerry -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Parker [mailto:dparker@onr.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 1998 6:55 AM (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: All-around-the-robot bump detection —bertalan
   to Dennis Parker's point OK so you get this tube wired up to act as a switch. What's the energy drain on your batteries? What are the voltages required to exceed the limit value of the actuator? It sounds more accurate than an air filled tube (...) (26 years ago, 20-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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