Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04373
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Gadagada@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:20:10 EDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: thoughts from a day at the zoo
In a message dated 99-06-09 00:06:22 EDT, sparkyg@seark.net writes:
<< I
realesed the brake (flippin lever up w/foot) on ONE wheel, and started to
push, the stroller went around in a circle as applied the force. Using the
remaining locked wheel as a pivot (a good one).
sooooo... i thought hmmmm... maybe thats it, say you had a four motor
walker with a "Head". the head turns toward the light (lets say you want
it phototropic, or "voric" or watever) and then locks on leg in place the
leg remains locked, (simply not turned on) till the body is in line with
the head and then all leg motors are operational again. >>
Interesting idea. But as someone has said, not for a walker. However, how
about a wheeled bot. You could attach a head onto a photovore so that as it
turns towards the light, it would turn a pot thereby changing the speed of
the motors so that the bot begins to turn towards the light. I'm always
looking for new and interesting ways to implement phototropisms in wheeled
bots, and this one is mighty interesting. The finished product would look
neat too. Thanks for the inspiration!
Gary
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