Subject:
|
Re: Zamor Spheres
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.robotics
|
Date:
|
Fri, 11 May 2007 15:08:55 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
4206 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.robotics, jaa <elmtreeacademy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The biggest issue we've noticed is that the Zamors are
> just over 2 units wide and therefore don't flow well
> through 2-wide spaces, but are loose in 3 wide spaces.
This is indeed the main problem. As we originally defined a GBC it used soccer
balls (at the time, Zamors hadn't yet even come out), so most GBC-standard
modules not only use but take advantage of the fact that a LEGO soccer ball fits
very cleanly through a 2-wide space. As such, these modules tend to choke
unceremoniously on anything wider.
> If you're not planning to hook up with bigger GBCs,
> I'd say go ahead with Zamors -- they work fine as
> long as you design with them in mind.
You could also have Zamors in the machine with soccer balls in a "regulation"
GBC... AS LONG AS you are very VERY sure that the Zamors can not "leak out" into
a downstream module that can't handle them. I've built some sorters that work
just great for this, allowing the Zamor to recirculate within a single module
(or tightly coordinated group of modules) while allowing the GBC soccer ball
stream to continue on through. But you have to be *VERY* sure in this case that
your "mixed" modules do not pose the slightest risk to innocent,
standard-following downstream modules.
Kind of like how you are allowed to own and use a gun, but expect folks
unintentionally shot with it because you didn't have the safety set to be
justifably upset with you. :-)
> We've got 10-12 different modules in our GBC loop... see
> me at the end of the semester for the final word) and
> aren't having any major problems.
I'd love to see some still images of video - this sounds like a neat project for
the students. How do they like it?
--
Brian Davis
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Zamor Spheres
|
| (...) "regulation" (...) out" into (...) We'd like to see how soccer balls would run through our modules. I'm guessing that some would take the smaller balls just fine and could slip right into a regulation GBC, but others would find that their (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Zamor Spheres
|
| <<but I gather that means they may not work in a ball pump e.g.>> I chose to use Zamor spheres (because of their availability) for our GBC in my small robotics/engineering class. The kids have made ball pumps, Archimede's screws, stair lifts, chain (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
6 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
