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Re: Robotic Pool Cleaner (Non-Lego Alert!)
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:35:23 GMT
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I got a private reply from Bill Leggett about this device:
> Just a note on this 'Robot' is that it uses NO electricity.
> It is a vacuum driven motor using the filter suction hose.
> The 'Intelligent' steering is a programmed plastic disk
> that steers the little critter. How do I know? I have one!
So it sounds like this thing boils down to some very clever mechanical
engineering, but no software or electronics or anything. Still interesting
to a robotics fan, but in a different way than I originally imagined...
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| For all you Hoover robotic vacuum cleaner fans, here's a company making a variety of underwater models to sweep your swimming pool: (URL) This is interesting because, unlike the Hoover model, this one follows a specific pattern to methodically (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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