Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04881
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: James Anderson anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:47:06 -0400
Subject: Photopopper problems
> Hi List,
>
> I finished my first photovore yesterday, and, despite the quite ugly
freeformed
> mess underneath, the circuit, at least, works just fine. I'm using the
> photopopper circuit off BEAM online (Thanks Ian!) with solarbotics' motors
and
> about 5000uF worth of capacitors. I striped some funny hard rubber things
from
> cassette players, that I thought would make great wheels, but the problem
I'm
> having is that they only turn when not touching the ground (not overly
useful,
> this ). I guess this is either a weight or friction problem, and
wanted to
> get list input before I tore off the wheels or started hacking into the
freeform
> jungle.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> James Anderson
>
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