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Re: SSCorpion
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:21:01 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Eric Sophie wrote:
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I also offer the old addage that if you plan for 10 cool things or functions
to be included in a creation, and if you only get 8 or 9 of them nailed down,
then you did ok. There is always compromise with practicallity. Just tossing
that out.
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Yes. Right now, I think we’re still brainstorming, so we need to come up with
all the cool ideas about what we want to do, then we can figure out what is
feasable, and what we want to skip.
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My inital thought as I eleuded too before, is to what level do we want to
pursue this. Do we want to make it super badass and include all kinds of
great stuff
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Yes. Start with super badass, and trim from there.
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As I said, I’d like to see sensors on the arms, somewhat like antenna, so
when it’s being autonomous, it can detect objects. And on the front feet,
so it can avoid falling in holes, or walking off tables.
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We’ll totally do that. We can mount Sensor on the front or backside of the
Claw to help detect things. Also, on the tips of the Legs as you suggested.
Could we consider using touch sensors on the tips of the feet so we can
determine when each foot is on the ground, or react if a given leg is not
where it is expected to be? Like edge of the table detection like you
suggested?
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We’ll need touch sensors on the tip of the front leg (foot) and also some way to
detect when the foot should be touching the ground (when it’s at the bottom of
it’s movement)
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Also there is a special set of organs at the bottom of the head that sweep
the group that gives the Scorpion more info about its surroundings, we could
emulate that too as an additional set of protection/avoidance sensors.
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I like Kevin’s idea of going with an all LEGO build. (for now) That keeps us
limited to contact sensors for object detection.
If we do cross over that line, there are many things we can get ahold of from
HiTechnic, like this: http://www.hitechnic.com/developmentlab.htm
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All my creations start our with functions and frame work built first. What
you see is the illusion crafted over the mecha underneath. If you thought
otherwise then I have succeeded in my craft.
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so, you have. :)
Steve
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| (...) Steve, I think its cool too because you have experience at obtaining objectives like with the Robotics Challanges you have participated in. As well as you own work. (...) A nice quad pivot pattern with opposesing sweep movements alternating to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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