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Re: The Planteray Society's Build a Better Lego Rover Contest ... and the Shape-Shifting Camera TankSCT
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:50:45 GMT
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Hi Steve,
> Interesting use of technic turntables. I've never seen them used like that
> before.
Last night I forgot to upload a couple of pics with the camera end down.
Take a look at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=358290
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=358291
I'll have to get better pics on a flat surface. The idea is that by using
the turntables as track wheels, when the robot is the lower position, the
front camera assembly is about as tall as the tracks themselves, like in the
original VGTV
> How do you keep the 1x4 plates attached to the tracks when the
> vehicle is moving?
Unfortunately, the tread link design is less than good. Some plates remain
attached, some fall off. Prehaps glue them?
> Also, how do you maintain constant track tension when
> changing shapes? Is it maintained by the geometry, having the fulcrum mid
> way between the bottom two sprockets?
That's the general idea, which works very well. However, it being a
comissioned work, I cannot provide extensive detail (which is found in the
book). You might want to play around with the exact placement: not
necessarily in the middle, but yes in between the bottom two turntables.
Cheers
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