Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06216
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Mark W. Noakes" noakesmw@ornl.gov
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 05:38:16 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: vibration as "locomotion"?
Researchers at Vanderbilt University are looking into this approach based
on piezo actuators.
>hi all!
>
> i've just got this idea... instead of using motors to move a photovore
>around... how about using vibrators to "vibrate" the bot around?. i.e.
>attaching vibrators instead of motors to a photopopper circuit. from what i
>see, this would give the bot a mroe insect like movement.. however, motion
>may not be as controlled as compared with using motors and.. hmm... the
>vibrations would lossen things up on the frame? i'm not sure... any
>comments on this?
>
>
>rgds
>
>
>Zulu
>
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