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Re: Cybermaster Sensors
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:08:50 GMT
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Bill Clagett <billc@fsc.AVOIDSPAMfujitsu.com>
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Nice observation! Do you have any pictures of such an arrangement posted
anywhere?
Bill
> > > In message <4.1.19981128213514.00961de0@mail.telepac.pt>, Laurentino
> > > Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt> writes
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> The trick with bumpers is to mount them on the long end of a lever. Mount
> the touch sensor so that the short end short end presses it in when the
> bumper is not touching anything. A rubber band pulls the short end against
> the touch sensor, pressing it when not bumped. The bumper then releases the
> touch sensor. With this arrangement, you can build a bumper that triggers
> the sensor immedietately when touched, but has a long way of travel. I.e. • if
> your robot can't stop on the spot, you aren't putting any stress on the
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 | | Re: Cybermaster Sensors
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| There's a picture of this in either the RIS or EC 'opedia. It works wonderfully. I have a picture of a small modification I made to eliminate the dead zone between two sensors. Without it my rover had a tendency to get stuck on table legs, etc... (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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