Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01884
To: "BEAM" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Jarrell Clark" Jclark76@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:25:32 -0000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Another Challenge. Soccer Bots?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-beam@corp.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@corp.sgi.com]On Behalf
> Of Zulu 35
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 3:04 PM
> To: Dennison; Nicholas Smith; BEAM Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Another Chalange. Soccer Bots?
>
>
> i think its quite possible...i mean...there's already a BEAM bot soccer
> team out there right? (think i saw it on solarbotics) i guess if the power
> supply is changed to something else that would be able to fire the motors
> often enough, it would work..eh..right?
> maybe batteries would work fine.....
> another thought just came to me... ever seen walkers play soccer? hmm...
> soccer playing insect micro robots
I've thought about this for a while. Walkers(which are cool) are just too
dynamically imbalanced to work. Wheels are more capable in this case. I have
been thinking along the lines of a mechanical layout of Suneater III, with a
little flipper in front. I don't think it will be solar tho. battery
powered, with photosensors to tell when the ball is near.
Another thing is a way to send the ball to the goals, an aiming system is
needed maybe IR to guide the bot. and team co-op. As far as an actual
circuit, I'm not quite satisfied with what I have.
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