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Jumping 'bots?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:46:02 GMT
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Christian Jacobsen <xtian@net-collect.comNOMORESPAM>
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Greetings All!
I am still awaiting the arrival of MindStorms in Hungary, so I have had a
lot of time to read the O'Reilly book, lurk on LUGNet and this list for a
month or so, and just generally get a feeling for the whole LEGO robotics
world.
I have seen treaded robots, wheeled robots, walking robots, and even flying
and bungee jumping RCX's...
...but I have not seen any "jumping" robots. I am thinking about something
with a frog-like action.
Why? Just to try something different, really. Has anyone tried this?
Just a thought...
- Christian
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Christian Jacobsen
Budapest, Hungary
"Without crackpots, freedom of expression is just no fun."
- Roahn Wynar
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Jumping 'bots?
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| Christian Jacobsen <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:00b101bf30f1$54...a@xtian... (...) I've been thinking about the same thing ever since seeing pictures of battleing robots. It would be great to have a bot that could hop on top of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Jumping 'bots?
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| (...) I remember a Scientific American article from a decade or so back on walking bots. (I’m now getting close the point where I’ll be reading the “25 Years Ago” articles for the second time, looking forward to that.) As I remember they discussed (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Jumping 'bots?
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| (...) Dear Christian, I have been experimenting with legs that could make a robot jump like a frog (see my old "Jump Frog Jump"-posting). I had several problems. It was actually my first idea for a robot. One of the problems the idea represented was (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Jumping 'bots?
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| (...) of an (...) Funny enough I've been thinking about this. There's a particular type of spider that also acheives this motion by pumping compressed fluid to it's legs, simultaneously and quickly. Power to weight ratio is going to be your enemy (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Line Following by Humans versus Bots
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| (...) Yes, but I believe that in most cases the CPU for a human has a few more KB of RAM than the RCX. (...) Another difference is the range on visual sensors - eyes can detect lines meters away, and even distinguish 2 lines inthe same field. (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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