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Re: Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:55:38 GMT
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Michael Aaron Finch <goblintrain@uswest.net[avoidspam]>
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cool!
Brian B. Alano wrote:
> I'm working on a wall-following robot to vacuum my baseboards.
>
> I just recently hooked up a $8.00 6v mini-vac to the motor output, and
> I'm mounting a touch
> sensor near the vacuum brush to detect the wall/baseboard. I had a front
> touch bumper,
> but it proved rather inefficient for trying to orient parallel to a
> wall. I'm going
> to attempt using the IR port instead.
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> Luis Villa wrote:
> >
> > http://www.eureka.com/whatsnew/robotvac.htm
> >
> > Eureka wants to sell this robotic vacuum cleaner for $1,000 dollars a
> > piece, according to this interesting article ("Robots becoming a part of
> > everyday
> > life")(http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2270775,00.html).
> > I'm curious- has anyone done anything similar with an RCX?
> > -Luis
> >
> > #######################################################################
> >
> > Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand.
> > -Anonymous
> >
> > #######################################################################
> > --
> > Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
> --
> 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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| I've always toyed with the less-technical idea of mounting a dustmop to a robot and let it do it's thing while I'm at class. Someday perhaps... Dave Michael Aaron Finch wrote in message <375E9C89.6CB1A547@u...st.net>... (...) of (...) life")((URL) > (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (URL) wants to sell this robotic vacuum cleaner for $1,000 dollars a piece, according to this interesting article ("Robots becoming a part of everyday life")((URL) I'm curious- has anyone done anything similar with an RCX? -Luis ###...### Profanity (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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