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OK, it was pointed out to me that I hadn't actually announced this on LUGNET, so... Ogre is the logical (or perhaps I should say "obsessive") conclusion to a series of Zamor shooting robots I've played with for a while. The launching system fires (...) (16 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics) !!
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(...) Now, that's just flat out cool...and fun!!! (except for maybe...the cats.) I'm curious if soccer/foot balls and basketballs can work in place of Zamor spheres. Scott (16 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thank you - and don't worry about the cats, they think LEGO robots roaming around the house are normal. All depends on the environment that you are raised in... (...) They don't. The launcher works be squeezing the sides of the spheres as they (...) (16 years ago, 3-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No BS Gallery as yet, but here's a YT video: (...) (URL) son and I watched the video through 3 x and his comment every time is "We've gotta learn how to build one for ourselves!" Now you need a companion bot that goes around and cleans up all (...) (16 years ago, 4-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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Sick. Majorly, majorly sick. Coming to a fest near us sometime soon? (16 years ago, 4-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Only if you're coming to a fest near us. :) (16 years ago, 4-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thank you - I glad folks liked this. (...) And I'm somewhat shocked at what hitting Gizmodo does to view statistics on YouTube. Wow. I can see why /. can set down a server *fast*... (...) While I don't have BS photos up yet, Steve Hassenplug (...) (16 years ago, 4-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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Mr. Davis! I just watched the video, AND IT IS AWESOME! That combination of controls is fantastic. I am really glad you posted this creation. I couldn't get over the way the thing shoots! It is utterly _!_ridiculoid_!_ LOL! <3 I really like the (...) (16 years ago, 22-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thank you! The controls started out unintentional - I really wanted to use the NXt motors with encoders for other functions, so started out with just the XL PF motors. But as it is, it works great. It actually allows a third dual-control mode (...) (16 years ago, 23-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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