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RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:56:09 GMT
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Tim McSweeney <tim@ams.co.nz/NoSpam/>
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The other options is to use a wire but not allow the turret to turn more
than 180degrees either side of center, if you are at 179 and wish to go
to -179 you have to go all the way back around rather than just nipping
across those 2degrees. It's slower but a lot easier to implement.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Cyberia
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 1:45 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
>
>
> I am not familiar with the cyberslam darts...
> Does it have to be electrical trigger (or are you planning to route
> something else - a sensor perhaps) ?
>
> If mechanical trigger is ok, perhaps you could use a lego
> axle up the center
> of the rotary joint.
>
> Uhm, that sounds like some kind of tacky insult. It was not
> meant to, sorry.
>
> --
> SeeYa !
> ------------
> Jim
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> Hello... Is this thing on ?
>
>
> Ben Kimball wrote in message ...
> > I put together a quick guard turret that spins, tracks • direction, and fires
> > missiles from the cyber slam cannons. Perfect to guard your
> home territory.
>
> Cool idea. I've been working on a wheeled tank using the add/sub
> transmission discussed here. I have a small rotating turret
> on top of the
> beast, but hadn't yet figured out a good way to trigger the CyberSlam
> darts.
>
> > Is anyone else making warbots?
>
> You bet! Someone said there'd be a competition in Austin...
>
> Has anyone figured out a good way to maintain an electrical connection
> between two parts separated by a 360 deg. rotating joint?
> Wire would just
> twist up eventually and pop loose or tear.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
> --
> Ben Kimball
<mailto:ben@fusiondev.com>
Fusion Development <http://www.fusiondev.com/>
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| (...) Give it enough wire and there's no reason you couldn't nip over those two degrees. On the theory of the more range the better, you could let the wire twist some, and get maybe +/-360 or more. Just have it re-center after every attack and you (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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| I am not familiar with the cyberslam darts... Does it have to be electrical trigger (or are you planning to route something else - a sensor perhaps) ? If mechanical trigger is ok, perhaps you could use a lego axle up the center of the rotary joint. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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