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Message #06866
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 99 14:27:22 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: head/walker interface idea
>here goes. just have a head mounted on a walker, that
>just functions on its own. put two touch sensors on
>the walker, one on each side of the head, so that when
>the head turns a certain distance either way, it
>touches one of the sensors and makes the walker
>respond . (probably making it turn, duh!) this way,
>the walker and head will be completely separate until
>the head is WAY turned one way. the bot will not
>track light all the time, just stay in the general
>vicinity of it. oh well.
Thats how it works for interfaceing the SunSeeker head with the
Scoutwalker II. I think you can also do it electronically.
Laterz
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