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Re: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 8 Jan 2005 06:29:24 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gdothyde@bigponddotnetdotauAVOIDSPAM>
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Do you have any better photos (particularly a top-down view) of that
particular module? I don't quite understand how his module managed to fling
the ball out instead of pushing or dropping it. I'd also like to see more
photos of the individual modules, if possible, particularly top-down views.
One thing I'd also like to see is requirements for typical modules, there
are obviously several different pickup and delivery methods in the modules
shown in the video, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to guess or
estimate what one would need for a typical module parts-wise.
It'd be interesting to see what we could do in Australia, could make for an
interesting Australian meet-up event.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
"Steve Hassenplug" <Steve@TeamHassenplug.org> wrote in message
news:23738.66.84.205.186.1105125621.squirrel@66.84.205.186...
> This blue "module" is a good example of a non-standard size:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1049771
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> It's a simple module built by a 12 yr old.
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> You'll notice the "in" box is very shallow. It will most likely not hold
> 30 balls.
> However, because of the flexibility of the contraption (any two modules
> can be
> switched) it can easily be placed after a module that has a constant
> output, and
> therefore doesn't have to deal with large "batch" outputs.
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> As long as your module fits the in & out rules, it should work.
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| (...) As I recall (I was not present, but talked with Steve about it) that module had problems with jamming - I think what you see in the video is a single ball partially jamming the mechanism and being kicked out hard. That particular module used (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) The standard doesn't explain this very well, because I'm really not sure how to write it. A module can be any size, but the input and output should be on opposite sides, with the front of the input being no more than 32 studs from the back of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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