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To: "Beam@Sgiblab. Sgi. Com" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Phillip A. Ryals" phillip@ryals.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 08:42:22 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Tilden on PBS


I was watching "Voyage to the Milky Way" last night on PBS and they had a 5
or 10 minute spot on Mark Tilden and some of his robots. Anyone else catch
it?

Anyway, they showed Stryder walking around, then they showed another
Stryder-like bot that was about 3 feet tall. Now I know what I'm working
toward building! That thing just rocked. But I haven't been able to find
much info about it.

Are there any tutorials on making one?(The smaller version, that is.)

My biggest question about the four motor walkers is: Do they have a definite
front, or can they walk in any direction?

Also, he mentioned on the show that there was a recent "breakthrough" on
integrating a head onto a walker. Um, I thought everyone was still lost in
that area.


Any help/clarifications would be helpful/clarifying. :)


par

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