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If only I could afford a ... webcam? / Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 14 May 1999 00:32:06 GMT
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Aa-Tchoo! <aatchoo@post12IHATESPAM.tele.dk>
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Wes:
If you did have a digital camera, would you mount it on a 'bot to create a
dirigible webcam?
And if Wes did have such a webcam, what kind of programming would it take to
give me the ability to
direct it in real time from my desktop, over the net?
Regards,
Coilín.
Wes Matchett wrote:
>
> Wes Matchett wrote:
>
> > "S. Crawshaw" wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 13 May 1999, Paul Speed wrote:
> > >
> > > > Or third, a synchro drive constrained to a ninety degree
> > > > throw. This is simpler than the independent wheels since it doesn't • <snip>
> > > > The most complicated part of this will be getting the drive train
> > > > snaked through whatever rotation assembly you have. Most of the
> > > > synchro drives you will see examples of use the turntable pieces.
> > >
> > > Surely the only reason there's usually complication is that the assembly
> > > needs to be able to rotate any amount in either direction. If 0-90 degrees
> > > is the total range, then there are lots of really simple solutions.
> > >
> > > [This next bit is irrelevant to the 0-90 constrained synchro drive]
> > >
> > > > I do not have any of these so I have experimented with several
> > > > other linkages. I won't go into them here... they are an
> > > > implementation detail.
> > >
> > > That's a bit of an understatement - and I'd love to hear how many other
> > > ways you found to make a synchro drive: I've only heard of one way
> > > that doesn't use a turntable (uses a differential instead)
> >
> > I have a fully functional version that doesn't use either - or any special
> > parts. I wish I had a digital camera to take some decent pictures. I have
> > one
> > photo taken with a Polaroid. I'll put it on my web site tonight.
>
> Here it is as promised: http://www.mnsinc.com/wesmat/lego/MindStorms.html
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> I finally got around to creating a Mindstorms site. Now if I can just work out
> the
> details of paying for a digital camera.....
>
> -Wes
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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