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Re: Motorized sausage
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:24:17 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Alexander Holroyd wrote:
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OK, here comes another one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_fCznm3JF8
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=231993
This has a new (?) method of locomotion - it rolls along just by changing its
shape. The wheels are fixed to the body and do not rotate. In principle you
could enclose the whole thing in a plastic bag and it would still go (perhaps
there is a practical application there?). Interestingly, it (usually) needs
a push to get started.
Essentially, the whole thing is like a giant universal joint:
It owes its existence to these two parts:
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Very nice!
There have been many prototype engines designed using similar techniques in the
past, there’s a page about them
here.
ROSCO
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| OK, here comes another one! (2 URLs) This has a new (?) method of locomotion - it rolls along just by changing its shape. The wheels are fixed to the body and do not rotate. In principle you could enclose the whole thing in a plastic bag and it (...) (15 years ago, 30-Dec-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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