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Re: legway :only lego parts
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 01:19:59 GMT
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In article <3E63F5B8.2040108@airmail.net>,
Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> wrote:
Hmmm - so it looks like the solution to the "Lego sensor isn't
sensitive enough" 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.

From the pictures it looked like the "solution" was to place an
out-rigger on it to keep it from falling over.

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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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(...) 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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