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| Hi all, I'm a lurker/newbie. I'm wanting to build a controlled platform that can move and rotate (sort of like a turtle using LOGO). I'd like this platform to carry my E-10 camera (weighs 37 oz./1048 grams). Can anything using the RCX/mindstorms (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Heavens, yes. I haven't done any heavy movement myself, but I've been awed in particular by TJ Avery and Beat Felber: TJ: (URL) Yes, that's a twenty-pound barbell. Beat: (URL) I don't know for sure, but there's gotta be 50 pounds of plastic in (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I've built a rudimentary motion control system with Mindstorms, but as the motors are not really steppers, I found I had some precision issues. Pulsing and timing never really got close enough for a repeatable move. You can use rotation (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) And then there was a 48 pound lift: (URL) be more realistic, two 9V geared motors powered by 6AA batteries can provide much mechnical power. It all depends on your gearing and set-up, but I have a 10-pound model that rolls along easily powered (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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