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Re: Variations on the "ADDER SUBTRACTOR" ("differtrans" ?)
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:29:03 GMT
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Alex Wetmore <alex@+spamcake+phred.org>
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From: Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca>
> I like the name "differtrans", personally. :) But that's just my opinion.
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> With so many variations on a theme coming about, I have to wonder if • anyone's
> come up with the "best" implementation -- minimal volume and using no • unusual
> pieces (such as the 1x1 technic brick with a hole). I challenged myself to • see
> what I could do with it today. I got one that uses just the regular gears • and
> beams, and is 2 LEGO units high, 6 units across, and the differentials are
> side-by-side, their centers being only 4 studs apart. (Is that good?)
When presenting sizes I think it would be most useful if the motors were
also included. The motors placement is a key part of the design and makes
the layout pretty tricky.
Of the two layouts on my webpage (http://www.phred.org/~alex/lego/plat.html
vs http://www.phred.org/~alex/lego/wanderer.html) the plat layout robot is
much smaller, but the layout is much less efficient. wanderer is a larger
but stronger and faster robot. The version of plat shown on my webpage also
tends to fall apart if run for a long time, where wanderer is very strong.
alex
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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