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Subject: 
Re: Robotic Wheelchair
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:38:23 GMT
Original-From: 
Jason Jenkins <jenkins@ai/IHateSpam/.sri.com>
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How true.  But, to be fair, some 25 lb. things are easier to catch than others.
What a silly little discussion this is! ;]

25 lbs is 25 lbs
-S.I. Newton

Nick Goetz wrote:

Most definitely. Since the 25lbs of lead is heavier it was more impressive.
But now that I think about it, they never did show what was in the bag. It
might have been a trick.

-Nick

Kekoa Proudfoot wrote in message ...
rmtmd <rmtmd@concentric.net> wrote:
Watching it climb stairs was impressive, but seeing the chair stand
upright on two of its four wheels while the occupant caught a 25lb sack
of lead, all without the robotic chair even appearing to correct its
balance was amazing.

Hrm.  I wonder if things would have been different if the occupant had
caught a 25 lb sack of feathers?  Probably.

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Ambition is a poor excuse                                        Jason Jenkins
for not having enough sense to be lazy.                     jenkins@ai.sri.com
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: Robotic Wheelchair
 
Jason Jenkins wrote in message <199907021838.LAA203...RI.COM>... (...) Indeed. This is beginning to rival the infamous "angular velocity" debate from a couple weeks ago! (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Robotic Wheelchair
 
25 lbs is 25 lbs -S.I. Newton (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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