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Re: SSClagorpion
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 3 May 2004 21:59:55 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > > I'm going to mess around with some leg geometry. Kevin, do you have anything
> > > posted that shows distances for cylinders & switches? (how to mount a cylinder
> > > to flip a switch)
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> > Steve,
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> > I have lots of example geometries on brickshelf:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44968
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=48796
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=45669
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=63133
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> Two questions. First, do you have a picture like this for an old style switch?
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=534951
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> I assume the geometry of the switch lever is about the same.
I do in my "Mindstorms Masterpieces" book, but I don't have any on-line.
It is similar, except that the pivot point of the old switch is lower.
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> Second, this reversable motor looks good. Can we use that to walk?
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=427353
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> Given the choice of running a motor to flip 16 switches, or running a motor to
> spin this worm gear box, it seems like it would be easier to have 3 of these,
> than ... what was that, about 48 switches? (for forward/back, turn, side-side)
Nope. SSClagorpion does not walk using a simple pneumatic motor configuration.
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> And, I think it would be equally, or even more cool.
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> Steve
Kevin
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| (...) I just came up with an idea for how to make the legs work. It should make it so the pneumatic cylinder doesn't have to support the weight of the creature. The idea is to have the legs "lock" into place, when they are down. Think about the legs (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Two questions. First, do you have a picture like this for an old style switch? (URL) assume the geometry of the switch lever is about the same. Second, this reversable motor looks good. Can we use that to walk? (URL) the choice of running a (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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