Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04039



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 09:29:29 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: symet with head?



I don't know if the head gives it any direction, but the symet might give a
little action to the head. Think about it, if your bot's in the sun, and
it's a head, it will turn twards the brightest light and stay that way all
day. This way, with the symet the bot could bump itself around and away from
facing the brightest light so that the head can do some more turning, and
the bot can be more active.

Dennison

>
>I just took another look at the PBS video that with the Mark Tilden
>appearance.. watch the section where Stryder walks over the smalller
>bot... To me it (the smaller bot) seems as if it's a symet with an
>attached light seeking head.. At the beginning of the scene you can see
>the head rapidly swinging back and forth, then it stops and the symet
>part kicks.. I think the direction it moves is based on the center of
>balance when the head stops...
>
>Has anyone ever experimented with this type of thing? (besides Mark) It
>seems like a very unusual way to steer a bot around.. (probably not
>really all that effective)
>
>
>Anyhoo, I just thought I'd mention it since nobody else brought it up,
>and I know some of you like to make those symets.. :)
>
>keep building!
>
>Darrell
>
>http://home.pacbell.net/wundoba


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