Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04043



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 08:38:49 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: symet with head?


It comes on her in a couple days. I'll be recording it. I'll also soon
be getting a capture card. Maybe I can snap some pictures of those bots.

Jason - wrote:
>
> >From: Darrell Johnson
> >Reply-To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> >To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> >Subject: symet with head?
> >Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 01:32:30 -0700
> >
> >Hey all,
> >
> >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!
> >
> hie darrell... i would like to know before i buy the PBS channel video
> tape...how long does mark tilden and his bots appear in the video(if it is
> just a measly 5 minutes i dont think so it is worth it)...and other than
> stryder what other new bots are shown operating....i am staying in singapore
> and the channel i have is only discovery national geographic and such which
> has a high possibility of showing it.....so i would like to know whats the
> full name of PBS...thanks a lot
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
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