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Re: Jumping 'bots?
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:37:36 GMT
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The WordMeister <DWILCOX@WORDSMITHDIGITALspamcake.COM>
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Would the 'bot be "required" to tote the RCX? With a few of the 36" cables,
one could cut the weight down dramatically.
-----Original Message-----
From: peter renshaw <goon@battinc.com.au>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Jumping 'bots?
> At 17:17 11/18/99 GMT, you wrote:
> >
> > 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...
> > >
> > > ...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...
> >
> > 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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| (...) legs, (...) enemy here. I guess one could tackle this a few ways. The first is, design ------- here's the bits of the 'Jumper' bot as such...... projectile = object to be thrown up, could be jumper or something else. rcx = brains, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Jumping 'bots?
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| I remember seeing these on TV too and I'm pretty sure they were pnuematic and that they were tethered. One of the umbilicals was the distictively coiled airline from a compressor... I've been thinking about getting one of those Testors(R) air brush (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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