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Re: GBC 6 - the obsession continues...
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Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:38:23 GMT
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On Tue, March 29, 2005 3:31 am, Philippe Hurbain said:
> > a module that successfully used the
> > Mindstorms tank treads (!) to lift the balls, and a couple of novel lifts based
> > on bent lift arms (one case lifting balls by essentially pushing them up a wall
> > - very cool).
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> Could we have more details/photos for these novel techniques? I was not so
> successful in deciphering GBC6 photos...
The photos are not very good. They came from a video I took, which is also not very
good. Sorry Philo, it's nothing like the stuff you create. :)
As the GBCs get bigger, it gets harder and harder to get the whole thing in a single
video shot, but I have some footage to upload. soon...
But let's see if I can explain some modules..
> And as Iain I'd like to know what's inside the black box!
in a second...
Near the beginning, is "Gus", a forklift that's almost a total rip-off of one of
SMART's CCCC devices.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155775
Followed by a very poor picture of "cascade", a module with replaceable plates that
anyone can populate with pieces that balls can run down (like 'plinko')
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155777
On around the corner is the Black Box, built by Kerby. You really couldn't see what
was going on inside, but the balls didn't stay in there very long. It's almost like
they ran straight up a conveyor belt, and out the side.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155783
Of course, there was John's ever evolving backhoe, now in Construction Yellow and
Black, with a 6 piston radial compressor.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155784
And, a yellow Spybot driven paddle-wheel, that runs backwards, if the wheel is
jammed, by triggering a touch-sensor press.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155785
This red and green module is hard to explain.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155791
Maybe we should wait for the video. It uses double-bend liftarms to push balls up
to the next level.
And, after scoring a soccer (football) goal, the balls are passed to this module
were they are lifted, using a pair of back-to-back tank treads
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155794
However, the big suprize was watching the crowd reaction as the ONE basket ball
moved around the GBC...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1155797
Video will follow...
Steve
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| (...) HEY! Wait a minute, I strongly resent that! Oh, wait a minute, that's why I named it "Gus". Oh well... But if time/parts allow, I have other ideas for it. (...) Video of the kids tracking the single basketball would be almost as exciting as (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: GBC 6 - the obsession continues...
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| (...) Well, until the video is uploaded, here are some of my pictures from the event (after moderation): (URL) link showing the whole thing: (URL) And as Iain I'd like to know what's inside the black box! Ahh, but that was truly the beauty of (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello Brian, (...) Could we have more details/photos for these novel techniques? I was not so successful in deciphering GBC6 photos... And as Iain I'd like to know what's inside the black box! Philo (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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