Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #02809



To: Andrew Miller amiller@golden.net, beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 06:25:15 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Caterpillar


Hi Andrew,

had a good laugh over that story 8^)
nicely put! so what were it's salient features?(other than wearing
BEAMants that is...)

enjoy'd

wilf

Andrew Miller wrote:
>
> >Has anyone built a bot with Caterpillar treads? I'd be
> interested in seeing
> >something like that. Look out! It's a tiny autonomous tank! =)
> >
>
> YES .....
> In Fact It was My very First attempt at BEAM Stuff...
> Completed April of 1993
>
> Competed and won gold in the 93 BEAM Robot Games, after it
> crawled right over one of Mark's original BEAMants and dragged
> it around for a couple of hours stuck in the bumper....
>
> Now retired and sitting on a shelf collecting honourable Dust...
> I've always had half a mind to return to the design and build a
> bigger better faster one..
>
> I'll see If I can dig Up a picture for you.
>
> all4nw

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