Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #05335



To: "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Van Zoelen, Bram AA SSI-TSEA-352" Bram.A.A.vanZoelen@is.shell.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:34:41 +0200
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: LEGO lawnmower




> ----------
> From: John A. deVries II[SMTP:zozzles@lanl.gov]
> Reply To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:06 AM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: LEGO lawnmower
>
[snip]

> I've got a question:
>
> Does this robot really require wheels? It seems to me that most of the
> bodies of BEAM walkers don't maintain anything -close- to a constant
> height
> from the ground (except perhaps Stryder and Roswell). Given that there is
> a
> "most innovative method of movement" contest going on, has anyone given
> any
> thought to problems like this?
>
>
> Zoz
>
You can also let it hover and the propellor can cut the grass in one
go.

Bram


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