Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #03826



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bumper314@aol.com
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:28:07 EDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: PBS special- Poppers


In a message dated 5/27/99 6:00:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ian@beam-online.com writes:

> Well if you want this kind of motion 3 seconds running, 1/2 second
> charging for any robot your going to have to use some very good motors
> weather it's BEAM or microprocessor!
> I would be cheaper to go out and buy 2 surplus escaps than 1 basic stamp
> II and you still need motors. Just that part would cause the computer
> contolled bot to be twice as expensive.
>

Well i have some nice portescaps, they have 1044:1 ratio, would they work?

Steve

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