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Re: Motor Power
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:47:40 GMT
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At 12:55 PM 11/12/2003, you wrote:
> Hi all,
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> 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
> system move this much weight?
Heavens, yes. I haven't done any heavy movement myself, but I've been awed
in particular by TJ Avery and Beat Felber:
TJ: http://texbrick.com/creations/crawler_crane/lifting/20lb_lift2.jpg Yes,
that's a twenty-pound barbell.
Beat: http://www.fhso.ch/~felber-b/pictures/mount07b.jpg I don't know for
sure, but there's gotta be 50 pounds of plastic in that thing. It's incredible.
Yeah, moving your camera should be pretty simple. ;)
~Mike
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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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| 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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