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Re: PnP, an NXT-based "industrial" robot
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:37:42 GMT
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Brian,

This is a nice robot. Ive not been on RTL for a bit (computer angst) but this
was a nice video and robot to watch.

Keep up the good work


Regards

Chris


In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Brian Davis wrote:
OK, I had to post this in rtl because I confess the main inspiration for this
was watching Ian's amazing LEGO industrial P&P automations over the years. This
isn't nearly as fast as his, but it's the first time I've captured a motion I
really like, and I'm happy with the extensibility of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZolqjEnhB4

OK, it could use a better name, but still. The other inspiration for this was a
contest I was in a while ago, to replicate a cube of 2x4 bricks. A lot of the
folks involved seemed to think that the lack of easy linear mechanism in the NXT
set was a significant problem. I didn't see it quite that way, at least not when
I had all these motor encoders "free" with the NXT, and decided to base mine
entirely on non-linear motion. I didn't quite finish it (gearing to push the
2x4's firmly together was a stumbling point), but really liked the manipulative
mechanism, so I improved it and started testing it. Since one of these "arms"
only needs two NXT motors, two NXT sets could drive three of these setups,
leading to a fun looking assembly line.

I'll toss some pics up on Brickshelf if anyone is interested, but really, this
is awfully simple - most folks here could replicate it from the video alone.
It's just fun to watch it work with that precision for a long period of time.



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(...) Thank you. Like I said, you guys (rtl) are at least partially responsible (or to blame) for this, so I thought I'd flag it your way. (...) Well, speaking of computer angst, I only realized after the fact that PnP can literally push it's own (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)

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OK, I had to post this in rtl because I confess the main inspiration for this was watching Ian's amazing LEGO industrial P&P automations over the years. This isn't nearly as fast as his, but it's the first time I've captured a motion I really like, (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) ! 

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