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Message #06223
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From: michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:13:40 -0300
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: vibration as "locomotion"?
Good idea, i have also been thinking about making a bot that sort of vibrates but
i would use solinoids(sp) that woulp keep going in and out with a pulser circuit
or something
Zulu wrote:
> 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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