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| Rich: this looked real nice. I thought I was the only person melding the cyber cannon and the mindstorms. my first "trick' was to place all 4 in a line, then run a "camshaft" over the firing mech.. it was fun to watch them fire in sequence. then I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Thanks...now if I can can just figure out a trigger mechanism for the throwbot arm.... Rich (URL) Message----- From: news@lugnet.com [mailto:news@lugnet.com]On Behalf Of Chris Magno Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 8:29 PM To: (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| That's Easy..Run an axle with a cam out to just short of the arm's length.the cam will push the arm back (cocking it) and theas it finishes it's turn it will release, totally free to swing... (...) Joe Greene Technical Support OpenDisc Systems, Inc. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I thought of a really cool application for a Solarvane... using two light sensors, and building a sort of shade like so: ---++--- || ^^||^^ LS||LS ----++---- What happens is, if the turret is aimed directly at a light source, both light (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Use the slip gear for the steering use a wheel based model. When steering hits limits clutch slips, Turret turns..then you just need a centering algortihm ro return turret and steering to center, or use same theory eccept that the oversteer (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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