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    Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Stefan Elsner
   Hi, I finally found the time to put a web page up for the bots i built two years ago: (URL) bot is a lego only vacuum cleaner bot on a 3 x 2 wheeled synchro drive chassis. The vaccum worked, the synchro drive only until errors accumulated, which was (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics) ! 
   
        Re: Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Iain Hendry
     "Stefan Elsner" <news02@lowpoly.com> wrote in message news:H8Gv4x.GBv@lugnet.com... (...) years (...) use shocks as a way of moving a rotation through a compressing joint! I had tried building a lawn-mowing robot when I was younger (it concerned my (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Rob Stehlik
     Hi Stefan, Very, very impressive! I am currently in the process of building a synchro robot. I must say they are probably one of the most difficult driving bases you can possibly build. There are many well designed synchros on the internet, but most (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Tobbe Arnesson
     (...) Wow! That is so cool! When I first got my RIS I thought of making a platform that could drag our Vacuum along with it but never got around of doing one. Your all LEGTO solution is great! To bad you had to make such a complicated platform for (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Brian B. Alano
     (...) IIRC, LEGO's Fair Play page has an example: (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Tobbe Arnesson
     (...) A disclaimer should be used when the LEGO trademark appears on a Web page. An appropriate disclaimer would be "LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site". However, a disclaimer (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Big synchro drives: vacuum cleaner, lawn mower —Stefan Elsner
   Thanks everyone for the comments. Iain: I know the offset solutions. Two wheeled seemed to be a lot more stable back then. Rob: Good stuff on your page. Do you thing BrickOS will read the rotation sensor faster? That might solve everything. BTW, I (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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