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Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:34:28 GMT
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dave madden wrote:

That's a common use in the real world.  You can also make mechanical
adding and subtracting devices from them.  Somebody posted a URL with
a picture of a Lego(r) system that takes rotary inputs A and B, and,
with two differentials and a few other gears, produces rotary outputs
(A+B) and (A-B), but I can't find it now.  If you're interested, you
can probably find it in the archives, or I can build one and post
pictures.

I believe the one you are referring to is found at:
http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leo/lego/diff.html

Mark



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  Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
 
(...) adder/subtractors (one is very close to Leo's design and the uses the differentials a bit differently and is more efficient for the purposes of wheeled and tracked vehicles). alex -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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=>Chris Stanley wrote: =>> =>> what exactly is the purpose of a differential gear? i've got several of =>> them, i've seen them used in various projects, but i've never quite =>> managed to figure out what they do. Zachary A. Bourk" (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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