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Re: How much weight can a LEGO chassis carry around?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:05:04 GMT
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steve <sjbaker1@airmail*AvoidSpam*.net>
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Joe Strout wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Nathan Colyer <ncoly1@eq.edu.au> wrote:
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> > It might work to make a robot that tows the laptop on a trailer setup?
I don't see how that solves any problems.
> Ah, sort of the 18-wheeler approach to carrying heavy loads. That's not a bad
> idea; certainly it solves the axle-support and skid-steering problems.
How? The trailer still has to have a bunch of axles in order to spread
the weight - and when you do that, the trailer is (in effect)
skid-steering.
> But it
> makes the steering code a much harder problem, doesn't it? I can imagine my
> poor bot getting stuck in a dead-end hallway, having a hard time turning itself
> around.
That's the cool thing about using a synchro platform - the robot can
drive in any direction it wants without turning around (in fact, it
*can't* turn around). But it is the ultimate in manouverability.
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| Apologies if this double-posts, Yahoo is in a mood. I solved your problem by purchasing the lightest laptop I could find, a Sony ultralight (PGC 161L, $800 on ebay). It's a hair over 2 lbs, and I've used it on a couple projects: (URL) has a built-in (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much weight can a LEGO chassis carry around?
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| (...) Ah, sort of the 18-wheeler approach to carrying heavy loads. That's not a bad idea; certainly it solves the axle-support and skid-steering problems. But it makes the steering code a much harder problem, doesn't it? I can imagine my poor bot (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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