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Subject:	Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2003 20:25:33 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > > > Or, provide suggestions on how to do it? > > I saw Wild Wild West the other day and was looking at the giant spider > > robot and wondered if making such a "sipder" robot is possible with lego > > robotics? > > > > Would it be possible? > > Yes > > > Does anyone have any tips on how to do it? (I suspect one would probobly > > need more than one RCX to pull it off which means I cantr do it :) > > Not really, if you start with a hexapod and break the legs down into two > groups of three (you get stability that way) you should be able to do it > with two outputs (one for start/stop the other for for/rev). > > As an aside, and a rather odd synchronicity, I just finished reading an > old book (I'd never read before), > > Walking Machines > An Introduction to Walking Robots > D.J. Todd > ISBN 0-85038-932-1 When driving I'm sometimes not where I want to be but am rarely lost. When lost I have no problem asking directions :^) When it comes time to make complicated robots out of LEGO I'm often lost and don't like to ask directions! I know this post wasn't directed to me, but I thought I'd respond anyway. Maybe someone will get me this book for Christmas. > > You might find it interesting. I'm always interested in walkers. Kevin > > -- -- > > Open Forge, LLC 24/365 Onsite Support for PCs, Networks, & Game Consoles > 512-695-4126 (Austin, Tx.) help@open-forge.com irc.open-forge.com > > Hangar 18 Open Source Distributed Computing Using Plan 9 & Linux > 512-451-7087 http://open-forge.org/hangar18 irc.open-forge.org > > James Choate 512-451-7087 ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com

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		Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
(...) I've never been lost, I always know where I'm at if I'm awake. Right here. May not know where other things are in relation but, hey, the sun rises in the E. and sets in the W. everywhere; and I know how to read stars. :) (...) I'm often lost, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
(...) Yes (...) Not really, if you start with a hexapod and break the legs down into two groups of three (you get stability that way) you should be able to do it with two outputs (one for start/stop the other for for/rev). As an aside, and a rather (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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