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Message #06681



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Senior kyled@cruzers.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 18:55:30 -0400
Subject: Re: What do I need?



> Well, you'll have to do a bit of studying and decision making.
> Some comments:
> 1 - It's hard to get 2 motor walkers to do much, like turning, but
> reversing is no problem, and you could most likely tweak it to get it to
> turn.
> 2 - It aint gonna be cheap. Motors that walkers use are extremely hard
> to come by and especially when their cheap. You could use servos, which
> are 10 bux a peice, but that right there is 20 dollars, which is out of
> my budget.
>
> Uh... that's about it.
> You could use the traditional walker from:
> http://www.golden.net/~amiller/
>
> Or the bicore walker thing from Ian's site:
> http://www.beam-online.com (it's in there somewhere...)
>
> And check out the FAQ:
> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/FAQ.html
>
> After reading each of those sites carefully, you will know how to build
> a walker! Ta da!
>
> Happy Beaming,
> Kyle
>
> Chris wrote:
> >
> > Ok, Here's my deal. Since I'm only 15 and do not have a job I want to
get the most bang for my buck. I need to know what I need to make a 2 motor
walker with 4 touch sensors, 2 photodiode eyes, that can go backwards,
right, left, forward, is nocturnal. By nocturnal I mean uses a solar cell
in daytime to charge its batteries when it bicore is off, then at night it
turns itself on. So I need to know what I need because I don't want to have
to pay shipping and handling twice (or more). And I need a site that tells
me how to hook these things up.
> >
> > I'm new to all of this BEAM stuff, but I pick things up fairly easily.
> >
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