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Re: Newbie needs Help
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:49:05 GMT
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Dean Hystad wrote:

> This may give your robot a big "OOOHHH" factor, but you will get a much bigger
> return from playing around with the tow rope.  If it is legal,try to design
> something that raises your end of the tow rope above your oponent's end.  Then
> the act of pulling exerts a downward force on your robot and an upward force
> on your opponent's.

Dean,

Thank you for your response. I am going to get on with the tow rope suggestion
right away.
You might like to know that your 2002 'Building Lego Robots for FLL' guide
was the first thing that I read.

Raj



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  Re: Newbie needs Help
 
You only need one rotation sensor and some fancy gearing. Using a differential in a way similar to the "South Facing Cart" or the stearing drive in a dual differential setup, you could directly measure the amount of spin between a driven wheel and (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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