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Message #05475
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Tom Edwards" edwards9@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:09:53 PDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Another contest entry!
>From: Bob Shannon
>
>LEM is the first of a new type of BEAM design,
>a type of multi-motor Symet.
>Its also my entry into Chiu's 'Motion' contest.
>
>You will find it at:
>http://www.the-nest.com/bshannon/
Although it might be stretching the definition of the word "symet" at least
a little, it appears to be an insanely great robot.
Even if it is only hand-drawn, I think it is very important that
you put up a JPG of the entire schematic. Even a relatively
crude one... presuming you don't have lovely drawing already made!
TomCat
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5476 Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:55:58 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Another contest entry! beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Piotter I think it follows the definition of "symet" perfectly. It's a 3 way
symmetrical robot that does not have any defined forward... Exactly what
a symet realy is! It is merely an extraoranarily more complex one.
(merely extraordinary??? Hehe! :)
Tom Edwards wrote:
>
> >From: Bob Shannon
> >
> >LEM is the first of a new type of BEAM design,
> >a type of multi-motor Symet.
> >Its also my entry into Chiu's 'Motion' contest.
> >
> >You will find it at:
> >http://www.the-nest.com/bshannon/
>
> Although it might be stretching the definition of the word "symet" at least
> a little, it appears to be an insanely great robot.
>
> Even if it is only hand-drawn, I think it is very important that
> you put up a JPG of the entire schematic. Even a relatively
> crude one... presuming you don't have lovely drawing already made!
>
> TomCat
>
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5477 Friday, 30 July 1999 8:05 Re: good news about my competition entry at last... beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Bob Shannon
>David Perry wrote:
>
>> actually, our husehold has set the world record on mobile phones (5) , a
>> couple oldish ones we're not using, could i swipe one of those batteries?
>>
>> David Perry
>
>Yeah, give them a try! Cellular phones place some very high current spikes
>on the batteries, probably an excellent source!
>
>The Ni-MHD packs are, well, tricky. They are much like Ni-Cad cells, only
>with much higher power density. But the recharging process is tricky.
>
>If your not totally comfortable measuring current, these are not what you
>want
>to play with. (they can explode)
>
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