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Re: Cybermaster Sensors
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:10:50 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <lau@mail=NoMoreSpam=.telepac.pt>
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At 10:39 30-11-1998 Monday , you wrote:
> In message <4.1.19981128213514.00961de0@mail.telepac.pt>, Laurentino
> Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt> writes
> > In the future, I'm going to put the 3rd. touch sensor in a bumper in the back
> > of
> > the unit since it might impact on some object when reversing and I would • never
> > know.
> > I haven't done that already because I'm a bit out of ideas how to make • flexible
> > a bumper for the whole rear (the CyberMaster is my only LEGO). Any ideas?
> > 
> > Laurentino Martins
> 
> In the book "Mobile Robots" by A.M.Flynn it suggests three bump sensors
> which are activated by circular plastic skirt made out of acrylic
> plastic. It even tells you how to bend the plastic.
> 
> The sensors are spaced at say 10, 2 and 6 o'clock
> It also discusses the advantages of a circular cross section for
> maneuverability as opposed to square or rectangular.
> 
> Does anyone know what happens if sensors are connected in parallel to
> the Cybermaster?

What do you mean parallel?
I once connected 2 touch sensors to the same port and they worked like a logic OR if is that you are asking.



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  Re: Cybermaster Sensors
 
In message <4.1.19981130151041....lepac.pt>, Laurentino Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt> writes (...) Yes, the example of a bump sensor that I was looking at in the book had a sensor on either end of the bumper ( overlapping 2x8 lego plates) so that (...) (28 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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