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Re: GBC- Magnetic Ball Separator
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:31:53 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Peter Ehrlich wrote:
> You may be able to kick the motor entirely.
I thought of this immediately, specificly adapting the light sensor / train
magent trick to try to get the dragon's egg to register. Alas, I've not gotten
it to work (*yet*...), as the ball is not actually magnetic, but just has a
piece of metal in it. At a spacing of about 1 tile, I get some motion, but not
always reliably. I still think it might work, but it's not as "simple" as I
first thought.
Again, very nice mechanism, Kevin.
--
Brian Davis
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| (...) I've tried the no motor thing, but gave up after I could'nt get it to work. The pulling the ball to the side was one of the first things that I tried, but there are too many things that were uncontrollable. For instance, the direction the (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GBC- Magnetic Ball Separator
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| (...) You may be able to kick the motor entirely. Have you tried embedding magnets in the floor and walls, close enough to attract, but not so much as to grab the ball? You could increase the slope to help with this also. :-) If the ball is magnetic (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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