Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05682
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Sean Rigter rigter@cafe.net
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:47:06 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: LEM videos now on-line.
So it's not ready to climb stairs then? Or does it just toss them aside? Probably just says "forget
it" eh? But what about a 1/8 inch or 1/4 inch solid ridge on the floor or something. Probably trys
to toss it , then tries to toss itself over it , then tips and trips ..... a feeler, then says
"forget this", eh?
grin
wilf
Bob Shannon wrote:
> Sean Rigter wrote:
>
>
>
> > The LEM gear wheels remind me a bit of a oil rig drilling bit and my guess is that a soft
> > or resilient surface runs some risk of being chewed up.
>
> Uhhh, yup. like the nice finish on the dining room table. (ducking...)
>
> > What about obstacles? How does the LEM handle those? A smooth incline is a possibility but
> > what about a small ridge like ruler or a pencil?
>
> A pencil simply gets tossed aside, never having activated the feelers. A tougher obstacle I
> often
> use as a test is a random pile of jumbo paperclips. Plows right through them like they were not
>
> even there.
>
> Obstacles that trip the feelers simply repel the thing by altering the timing.
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