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Re: Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
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Wed, 3 Nov 1999 05:56:31 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.events, Luis Villa writes:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Chris Phillips wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.robotics.events, Chris Phillips writes:
> > > My theory as to why the Star Wars display didn't make the page is that your
> > > models would make the official LEGO kits look way too lame by comparison.
> >
> > Actually, a more likely reason is that we are looking at the LEGO Mindstorms
> > web site. No RCX --> no "Mindstorms" --> no picture.
> >
> > We really should collaborate on how to mechanize one of those AT-AT's!
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> Some friends and I have been discussing that on and off, to the level of
> watching the movie to make sketches of leg motion. We have sort of
> assumed that you'd have to pack the storage in the center with 2 or 3
> RCX's. You'd also have to lose some accuracy, assuming that there would
> have to be a motor at the knee, and probably a fixed hip. Of course,
> seeing as we have a severe shortage of grey parts, this has all been for
> naught :)
I could be wrong, but I would expect that trying to put motors in the knees
might cause a lot of unsightly bulk there that might ruin the whole effect. I
had been thinking that this might be a good application for some sort of remote
linkage mechanism (ie: pneumatics, cables, or connecting rods) so that the
bulky "engine" (motor or compressor) can be hidden in the belly of the beast.
As I understand it, the AT-AT's that are on display at The Construction Site
can barely support their own weight due to the realistic, poseable leg
construction. There was apparently some concern that they might collapse if
left on display and unattended for several weeks. So it will definitely be a
challenge to add much weight anywhere.
> On a slightly related note, has anyone who owns of the (awesome) AT-ATs
> attempted to post close-up shots which might be useful for reconstructing
> them? I'm particularly interested in hip and feet shots which might show
> enough detail to figure out their structure. Of course, you could just
> enter the whole thing in LDraw and then I'd be real happy :)
I've seen these up close, and it would be a good trick to reverse engineer one
of them from a series of photos. They are each about two feet tall, and I've
never seen so much gray tile in one place in my life! On the other hand, that
would be a pretty big job to do up in LDraw, but I'd love to see it, too!
For those of you just tuning in, check out the following sites for pictures:
http://www.nelug.org/mfpics/mmsw1.jpg
http://www.nelug.org/cswindow/index.htm
http://www.nelug.org/mindfest99/table/index.html
http://www.suave.net/~dave/atat.html
http://web.mit.edu/~sullis3/www/ATSTINTR.htm
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