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Re: Motor Power
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Date: 
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:47:40 GMT
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At 12:55 PM 11/12/2003, you wrote:
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
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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  Re: Motor Power
 
(...) 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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  Motor Power
 
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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