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Re: Jumping 'bots?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:33:35 GMT
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The WordMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital%NoMoreSpam%.com>
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If the task is to create a gyro, and not necessarily a heavy flywheel, any
of the large diameter wheels should work. Actually, if you have one, the old
Expert Builder (http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=952-1) giant
wheels are quite heavy, and exhibit very definite gyroscopic/flywheel
properties when spun at high speeds.
I'm going to try modifying the bow-leg design with a hinged, spring-loaded
leg, with a motor to pull the assembly taught and a touch sensor to
disengage the motor/trigger the spring ... in theory ... uh, once I finish
my rack-and-pinion-type steering bot.
--Doug Wilcox
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Lannan <shakguy@hotmail.com>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Jumping 'bots?
> Funny that this thread should come up again today- I saw on the Early Show
> this morning these cool remote controlled two-legged bots that stood up by
> themselves and balanced using a gyro-scope. A one legged hopper could • probably
> balance this way, but I don't know of a lego part heavy enough to be used • as a
> flywheel.
>
> Chris
>
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| From: "The WordMeister" <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.com> (...) old (...) Be careful with those giant wheels. My brother and I broke 2 or 3 of them as children in playing with spinning them at high speed with a motor. The hub part of them isn't very (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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