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Re: Jumping 'bots?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:31:05 GMT
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peter renshaw <goon@battinc.com&nospam&.au>
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At 17:17 11/18/99 GMT, you wrote:
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> Christian Jacobsen <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
> news:00b101bf30f1$5481af60$1000000a@xtian...
> > 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...
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> > ...but I have not seen any "jumping" robots. I am thinking about something
> > with a frog-like action.
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> > Why? Just to try something different, really. Has anyone tried this?
> >
> > Just a thought...
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> 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 an
> approaching enemy, then start pulling at things. Enough compressed shock
> absorbers should provide enough lift to get your frog airborn, though perhaps
> not very high or far. I haven't done much with air pistons. Would they
> operate fast enough to get a bot airborn?
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 here.
Regs PR
> -John Van
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| (...) It might be possible to gradually wind up a bungee cord and then abruptly release it. That would permit a gradual conversion of electrical to mechanical energy at a rate the the RCX permits, while still allowing high power for the short time (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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