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It came out too easily to be the first
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:01:46 GMT
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For what is worth,
My original intention was indeed to thank Mario for the complimentary copy
of his book by creating a new robot inspired by it. Once I came up with a
"new" type of robot, a secondary intention was to promote further
investigation and building by fellow Lego enthusiasts.
But the Jump-O-Bot came out too easily to be a "first-ever" jumping
mechanism. However, I did do some research and could not find a single
reference on the web to jumping Lego robots (and very few on working Lego
guns or other mechanisms that could use a similar principle).
In any case, it would have been suicidal to announce a MOC as a breakthrough
in Lugnet knowing that someone had done it before. Chances are that that
person would come forward.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up, Jim. I will try to get in touch with the
Austin Lego group, as I am interested in seeing a few more jumping robots. I
hope some other people take it up as well. Eventually, I would like to
release a few more of my own.
Mario, thanks for thanking me for thanking you for your book.
Miguel Agullo
http://www.geocities.com/technicpuppy
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 | | Re: It came out too easily to be the first
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| (...) Austin Robot Group. Lego's are a SMALL part of what this group has been working on for the last 12-13 years. Just ask Mark Thorpe of Robot Wars fame or Mark Pauline of SRL fame (we helped put on the '97 show here in Austin). (URL) robots were (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Introducing Jump-O-Bot
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| "Jim Choate" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> ha scritto: (...) propels (...) Well, to be precise, in our book we didn't write that nobody was able to build a jumping robot. We simply stated that we tried but didn't succeed :-) And, to be honest, I admit (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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