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(...) problem with the Legway has been simply (if a little un-prettily) solved by sticking it out on a long arm to magnify the amount it moves when the robot tilts. Seems like that ought to work pretty well. I wonder whether the arm really needs to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) From the pictures it looked like the "solution" was to place an out-rigger on it to keep it from falling over. (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There were other contributions to his solution. 1. Reading the babelfish translation (babelfish.altavista.com), I note that he used a non-Lego part to increase the amount of light reflected to the sensor. 2. He used a freely pivoting weight, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It's hard to imagine what that could be - a lense maybe? (...) Yes - I guess so. (...) Yes - exactly. It takes more force to start it moving once it's balanced. f = m * a so if the mass is higher, it accellerates more slowly for a given amount (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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1: It's an ordinary telephone prepayment card with the light sensor peering through a hole in its center. It's supposed to decrease the amount of reflected surrounding light that would interfere with the sensor. Toni (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Actually, I can do this. A friend can even balalnce his glasses - wire rim like John Lennon - so well that they look stuck to his fingers... And when he does it on his nose... 8-O What helps is that we are both left handed == a few 00ms (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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