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Message #06937
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: SG sparkyg@seark.net
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:51:28 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Tilden on PBS
all you have to do is have the head trip your reverser
when it turns towards the light.
not real accurate, but bot will eventually go to the light
about as effective as changing direction after hitting the wall a few times
-sparky
At 04:27 PM 10/20/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Nope,
>
>Didn't catch it, maybe because in Holland we don't have PBS. And about a
>breakthrough. I haven't seen a walker with head yet. But of course it is
>possible. But if Tilden broke through something, he wouldn't let us know
>until some very thorough research has been done. Or am I wrong on this?
>
>Arno
>
>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>[mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]namens Phillip A. Ryals
>Verzonden: woensdag 20 oktober 1999 15:42
>Aan: Beam@Sgiblab. Sgi. Com
>Onderwerp: 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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