Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04122
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com, "beam@sgiblab.sgi.com" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Darrell Johnson beamtastic@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:19:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: symet with head?
Well, your still gonna need 2 motors for the thing.. One to run the
head, one for the symet part. The weight on the side of the head is
probably the way Tilden does it.. The more I think about it the more it
seems like it'd be pretty effective as far as being phototropic. One
reason I've only build one Symet, which was later dismantled for parts,
is that the dumb things just scoot out of thier light pool and sit in
the dark. (like my soalr walker does too). I like my solar bots to work
while under a desk lamp, so I can have them at work, and not be
constantly moving them back into the light..
I just might have to try and build a head symet... I have a walkman
motor and a beat-up gearmotor that could be put to good use..
Just make sure that the center of gravity stays pretty low so it
doesn't tip itself over when the Symet kicks.
-darrell
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--- Dan Larson wrote:
> For a Symet head, why not mount a small weight on
> the
> head that would alter the balance of the symet to
> influence its steering instead of the extra wheel.
> THis
> would be more in the "Symet" spirit any way. If it
> would work, you would not have to add the extra
> motor
> and wheel which will just use more power.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Dan
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