Robotics : 4620


Robotics / 4620

My ultimate project —Laurentino Martins
I've been thinking (probably too much) about my ultimate project, and I had this wildest idea I remember never having in a lot of years... All my bots are stupid. I know that I don't have the power to make them intelligent, so I'm condemned to build (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: My ultimate project —Joel Shafer
	Now that is wild! I would love to hear your results. (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: My ultimate project —Eric Brok
		This reminds me of a picture in a popular science magazine ('Kijk'). It showed a large insect (grasshopper maybe) which was strapped in front of a motorized cart. By flapping its wings (amount and direction) it controlled speed and direction of the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: My ultimate project —Mario Ferrari
	This is the most original, "alternative" and funniest project with RCX I ever heard of. Go on please... and keep us up to date :-))) Mario (...) this wildest idea I remember never having in a lot of years... (...) intelligent, so I'm condemned to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		RE: My ultimate project —Ralph Hempel
		(...) <snipped description of bionic turtle> Yes, this could be interesting, but where do you draw the line? Are we going to see hordes of bionically enhanced gerbils strapped to acrobots that flip everytime the gerbil nuzzles a touch sensor? Or a (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

			RE: My ultimate project —Todd Lehman
			(...) StairMaster™ and Step-Aerobics for Fluffy the Hamster, with 27 tunnel courses to choose from! FoodFrenzy™ food dish monitor for Catso the lazy feline, with programmable activity alarms! (Requires LEGO expansion set #9731, the digital color (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

				Changed URL —Rich Thompson
				I finally registered my own URL for my website. What used to be (URL) is now (URL) URLs should work for a good while... I made a (very) few site design changes, but most links and content remain the same. Let me know what you think... Rich (URL) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)

	Re: My ultimate project —Lou Sortman
	(...) 8) It'd be quite cool to see if she can be trained to use the vehicle. It might take awhile to train her (and get her over the fear of the bizarre situation), though. You might need to take some waterproofing measures, lest she produce #1 (or (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: My ultimate project —Todd Lehman
	(...) Love it!!! Wanna see it!!!!!! --Todd p.s. And I can see the road tour now... :) "Ladies and Gentlemen, STEP right up! SEE the eighth wonder of the world, yes, right here, before your very eyes, SEE the amazing, HEAR the amazing, WATCH the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: My ultimate project —Peter Hesketh
	In article <4.1.19990419213142....lepac.pt>, Laurentino Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt> writes (...) I have been thinking about something like that for fifty years, ever since I read a children's story about a mad inventor, who on hearing the phrase (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: My ultimate project —Laurentino Martins
	Thank you all for the huge support in my (wacky) idea - The Bionic Tortoise (c) And sorry my English (I'm Portuguese) but after reading the dictionary I found out that my turtle is after all called tortoise in English, although I'm not 100% sure. (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: My ultimate project —Stephen Bassett
		(...) No chance of that with projects like this one and the dark-seeker project. Stephen Bassett, Development programmer / System administrator, Global Trade Partner. stephen at basscole.unspam.co.uk (Change unspam to demon for my real address) (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)