Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05449
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:09:32 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Another contest entery!
Bravo Bob!
A BEAM "tour de force".
That's some serious documentation with intriguing extrapolations to keeps us
wanting for more. I will have to read this several times to absorb all the
information of the design and it's behaviours some of which will no doubt be
clarified by watching the videos (let alone the real thing)
I already have a simple tri-radial Nutating motion platform design (NuREM) on the
drawing board which is indeed a significant departure from the LEM design as it's
focus is high functionality with low structural complexity.
The details will follow within a day or two.
regards
wilf
Bob Shannon wrote:
> Ok, its just about ready....
>
> I'm having some problems with the videos at the moment, but these are being
> re-coded
> into Real format and should be up very soon.
>
> The URL is:
>
> http://www.the-nest.com/bshannon/
>
> Under the Symets heading, click on LEM (with the 'new' logo). Behold what may
> be the
> most complex BEAM Symet to date.
>
> Getting video of this beast was not easy, it moves fast enough that most
> digital cameras
> low frame rate makes its complex movements hard to follow. Even using 8 mm VHS
> (NTSC) video it appears to move a bit differently than when seen with the naked
> eye!
>
> I'll post an update once the videos are available, but I warn you they are not
> going to be small.
> There are over a dozen JPG's up now, and a fairly detailed description of the
> beastie.
>
> Enjoy.
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