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Re: MindFest: videos, photos, report
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:59:37 GMT
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Jonathan Knudsen <jonathan@=antispam=oreilly.com>
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2003 times
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Hi Alex,
At 05:44 PM 11/1/99 GMT, alex wetmore wrote:
> I have a question based on one model. It says "Anthony Fudd, who also built
> models for the LEGO MINDSTORMS American RoboTour, showed some very nice
> models. One of them was an almost holonomic robot, which had one set of
> wheels to drive forward and backward, and one set of wheels to drive left
> and right."
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> Did this model raise and lower the side to side wheels? Or were both sets
> of wheels in contact with the ground at once? The former option would be
> much more complex mechanically, but the latter wouldn't work too well.
> Based on the picture I can't tell.
Yes, only one set of wheels was in contact with the ground
at a time. It scanns the ground in a grid fashion, looking
for bricks to pick up.
Jonathan
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The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lmstorms/
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