To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.roboticsOpen lugnet.robotics in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Robotics / 7836
7835  |  7837
Subject: 
organize a toolkit site (was Re: walker that turns?)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:48:34 GMT
Original-From: 
Brian B. Alano <ALANO@avoidspamKIVA.NET>
Viewed: 
2334 times
  
> 
> We ought to organize a toolkit site (or section for that in the existing
> site), where you can in an organized fashion find instructions on ways to
> build each of the types of mechanisms like this that apply to many projects
> (as well as saying what hasn't been done yet, to give people ideas).  Thus a
> section for robotic claws, a section for differentials, a section on how to
> build a stair climbing mechanism, etc.

A non-Lego(TM) "Constructopedia" has been discussed before for just that
purpose.
The most promising work seems to be the Kego Constructopedia. See
http://www.lugnet.com/?q=kego+constructopedia
That project seems to be in the hands of university students.

In the mean time, I propose adding links to the Lego-Robotics Wiki-Web:
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=6740
http://www.object-arts.com/wiki/html/Lego-Robotics/RobotConstruction.htm



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: walker that turns?
 
(...) that (...) to (...) making (...) ways (...) Basically what you really need is a variation on a limited differential, in Legos. Such a contraption could be useful in many projects, be they wheeled or legged. Ideally, you would want it so as (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

8 Messages in This Thread:




Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR