Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04063
To: "Jason -" evenflow88@hotmail.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:07:33 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Flathead(as shown in solarbotics)
At 10:27 AM 5/31/1999 , Jason - wrote:
> what does auxilliary inputs/outputs means?(in the head mechanism)
You'll see a ribbon cable coming out of the back of the headbot so it can
be interfaced with other circuits. Like signalling when its locked onto
something. That's about all I know about it.
>and in the readers digest 98 there is tildens article right?there is this
>bot labeled head bot which at first i thought was a head mechanism but
>later after browsing around the internet i found out the picture matched a
>five motor walker picture in andrew miller webpage that is the photo6.jpg
>or gif
>......dont u think this is rather contradictory(did i spell it right)
I don't know. Could be a mis-labled image.
>and what other stuff do u mean by the microcore powered head can fully
>turn right/left/up/down
No, I meant it sequentially went right/left/up/down.
>....i thought a bicore would have done the same job too if connected
>separately....
I think most bicore heads are set up as 2 individual bicores, one for
vertical, one for horizontal. That's all.
-Dave
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