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Re: Bowing out of Joel's challenge!
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:53:46 GMT
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Here is a rudimentary page with some pics of what I had. Important points to
note:
- This bot was designed to deal with empty cans only
- Last design had 3 motors - but I was planning to eliminate one (hopefully)
- I am an inexperienced hacker when it comes to MindStorms - so this may be
a pretty weird way to proceed.
http://members.xoom.com/mswhite60/matt/lego/lego.html
Enjoy!
Matt
Joel Shafer wrote:
> I'd like to see your bot. I'm having trouble coming up with a good gripper
> that doesn't get in the way of the IR proximity detector.
>
> At 04:15 PM 3/10/99 +0000, you wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to the group, and really enjoy reading the messages and learning
> > from all of you!
> >
> > Anyway...I was pretty excited by Joel Shafer's challenge, but it looks
> > like I won't get to compete. The reason is pretty OK though:
> >
> > My 9 yr old daughter's science fair is just getting under way, and we
> > decided it would be really cool for her to do a robotics project for it.
> > She is new to Technics, Mindstorms, and programming - so it will be an
> > interesting challenge to bring her along and have her create something
> > interesting, but simple for the fair.
> >
> > The downside, of course, is that my little coke-can challenge bot
> > doesn't get to completion. I had a basic idea going - it would pick up a
> > can, and set it down. As I am new to all of this I came at it with very
> > few pre-conceived notions. What I ended up with may be a little weird,
> > but it worked. If anyone is interested in seeing it (I took pictures
> > just before I dismantled it, teary eyed), I can post the pics on my
> > page.
> >
> > Matt
> > --
> > Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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> Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
>
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| I'd like to see your bot. I'm having trouble coming up with a good gripper that doesn't get in the way of the IR proximity detector. (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (28 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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