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Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
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Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:09:38 GMT
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Jim Choate <RAVAGE@EINSTEIN.spamcakeSSZ.COM>
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Gordon Elliott wrote:

I think it is important to understand both simplicity and complexity here.
For example a fluidic (e.g. pneumatic) cylinders have the potential for
redistribution between cylinders of load force. This is equivalent to a
computation that would require feedback and fairly complex output responses
for individual motors per leg to achieve.

Nope, it's actually pretty easy. Sel-Syn. It's been used on naval ships to
control guns since sometime in the mid-1800's.

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  Re: an idea, can someone tell me if this is possible/been done before/etc?
 
Earlier, Jim Choate said: (...) I think it is important to understand both simplicity and complexity here. For example a fluidic (e.g. pneumatic) cylinders have the potential for redistribution between cylinders of load force. This is equivalent to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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