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Re: Jumping 'bots?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:49:15 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Christian Jacobsen) writes:
> I have seen treaded robots, wheeled robots, walking robots, and even flying
> and bungee jumping RCX's...
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> ...but I have not seen any "jumping" robots. I am thinking about something
> with a frog-like action.
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 how
well would the RCX take a landing, because frogs land on their belly. How
would the RCX like that? (I don’t think it would be too happy about it).
To get ideas of how to make a robot jump take a look at a mechanical toy frog
with gears. The big problem is landing safely. Here I have tinkered with fixed
wheels on the bottom of the RCX.
My frog was supposed to move at different speeds depending on the temperature.
I used Gordons Brick Programmer to write the RCX code, you can also use NQC
with RCX commander.
Play well!
Marcus Fischer Mellbin
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Marcus Fischer Mellbin
E-mail: marcus@fischer-mellbin.com
URL: http://www.fischer-mellbin.com/Marcus/marcus.html
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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