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Source for bend sensor?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:30:11 GMT
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Eric Noyau <noyau@apple.com*nomorespam*>
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Hi all,
I'm looking for these bend sensors described in the "Mobile Robots" book, they look fairly interesting to implement bumpers or to use in wall following activities but I can't find them anywhere.
According to the book p.117 "bend sensors are very inexpensive, under one dollar". So far I found them on only one place on the web and they are charging $10 a piece! I called AGE (the distributor listed in the yellow page in "Mobile Robots" as the source for this hardware) and they don't know what I'm talking about ;^(.
Help!
-- Eric
PS: Thanks for all your help. This mailing list has a tremendous impact on my robot! I can ask questions and I usually got multiple helpful answers. That's great. I'll make sure to build a web page with schematics and software when I have a working version of my robot to help whoever come after me!
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 | | Re: Source for bend sensor?
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| If you go look at the imagesco page the sensor is the Part number FLX-01 and they are priced at $10.00 each. This is where I got my $10 quote ;^( I guess there was a 50% raise in the price since Fred Martin updated the FAQ... Thanks anyway. -- Eric (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | Re: Source for bend sensor?
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| (...) <snip> There was a guy on the HB list a few months back offering to sell bend sensors for a reasonable price. I figured that if he's into robotics, then he's probably one of the good guys. I took a chance and sent him a few bucks, but I (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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