Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06165
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: PLA Turd mr_roboto101@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:52:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Soul Dude
Who was the guy who want 3 souls for his BG motors.
Well I don't got any souls but I do have some thing
better than a soul...CASH!! or if you'd prefer an nice
little mound of TPMs
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6166 Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:49:01 -0400 [alt-beam] Dung Beetle Mania "Lee Golden" I didn't keep the original message, but thanks to the person who mentioned
the Dung Beetle robot kits from Edmund Scientific! I called the catalog
order number, and had them put me though to the retail store to order the
kit.
I only mention this here because it is an extremely cool bot in the way it
chases and plays with a large plastic ball. Neat use of an IR
transmitter/receiver pair. I can imagine BEAM bots using a similar method
to track and move objects in a RJP.
Oh well, if anyone is interested I've posted the box front and back (with
excellent diagrams of the robot's operation) on my BEAM RoboGallery page at:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/6608/Bots/beambots.html
The final cost with shipping was around $40.00 US. The kit itself took me
about 20 minutes to put together, and required no soldering.
Lee Golden
Olney, MD USA
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