Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03804
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:20:35 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: PBS special- Poppers
At 03:11 PM 5/27/1999 , JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
>Two things that really caught my eye were a little popper looking bot that
>twitched VERY rapidly and bug like. It must have had a very small cap.
Yup. That be one of the two very first-ever PhotoPoppers. I think they used
1000uF and the other 2200uF
>Also, and what really got my mojo
>going, was a little BEAMANT 6 (I guess) that was made of two hextiles stacked
>on top of each other like a CPU bot. It's movement was truly amazing from my
>experience with these critters! I mean it moved constantly with a very fluid
>motion. I gotta know what's under the hood there. Is it a Bicore jobbie with
>a PM1 circuit to get that rapid, constant movement?
Actually, you've about got it figured! In direct sunlight, they move
practically always. About 3 seconds on, 1/2 second off. VERY impressive.
Gotta love those small escap gearmotors Mark uses.
>Dave, how's that for a kit? What would that be 3 or 4 stacked in a
>row for R&D :)? I'll wait (I want one).
Yup, it's on the list. A "SuperPopper" or "PhotoPopper Deluxe"...
something to that effect. It's been pushed back after getting the Headbot
and hextile kits out. The SW2 may require a bit more time than expected...
-Dave
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2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
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