Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01890
To: "Jarrell Clark" Jclark76@bellsouth.net, "BEAM" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Zulu 35" zulu35@singnet.com.sg
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:52:44 +0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Another Challenge. Soccer Bots?
how about the co-operation between the bots?
hmm....it grows harderby the minute...*grin*
zulu
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> From: Jarrell Clark
> To: BEAM
> Subject: RE: Another Challenge. Soccer Bots?
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 8:25 PM
>
>
>
> > -----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.
>
> -_-_-_-_-_
> BUFFERS=20 FILES=15
> 2nd down, 4th quarter, 5 yards to go!
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