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Message #07288
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From: michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle)
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:21:58 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Stray thought...
You could do the leg idea thing and instead of haveing to have 2 motors perleg u
could have a gear thing like they have on a train engin, if u understand what i
mean
Phillip A. Ryals wrote:
> Well, I'd like to make the thing a bit more versatile than that. I'd prefer
> to use only two legs if possible, and only want to use one string. And I
> was actually thinking about having it "walk" both directions, depending on
> where the brightest light is.
>
> What about this.. Think about when you're moving hand-over-hand like that,
> the way you move forward is by swinging your body and using your momentum to
> carry your hands to the next place. (Did I describe that right?)
>
> Anyway, what about using a separate motor that drives a "tail" or some kind
> of weight below it? If it was timed correctly, the bot would tend to move
> forward.
>
> Seeing how a walker moves by "falling forward" more than anything, it seems
> like you could time things to make this little bot "fall" forward on the
> string.
>
> Does that make any sense?
>
> par
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
> Behalf Of Evan Dudzik
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 5:50 AM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: Stray thought...
>
> um, you know those little robot toys that have two
> legs with V-shaped feet that move their feet in little
> circles, lifting one and moving it around... okay
> stupid description... maybe you can understand...
> use two of them, with rubberized feet so it could just
> hang upside down and use the other side of its feet,
> kind of like a sloth hanging from a vine...
>
> --- "Phillip A. Ryals" wrote:
> > I've been thinking about it for a while, and thought
> > I'd post this to the
> > list. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be really happy
> > to hear them.
> >
> > I've been thinking about a bot that would move by
> > hanging from a string or
> > wire strung between two points. I know the obvious
> > lack of mobility would
> > keep it from being terribly useful, but I'm still
> > trying to work it out.
> > Maybe an exercise in mechanics?
> >
> > Anyway, I'm just lost on how to drive the legs. I
> > thought about some kind
> > of rotary motion, like a wheel on top on the string,
> > or legs attached to
> > motors that just spin.... but I think that'd just be
> > boring.
> >
> > So I'm looking for some way to make it "walk" along
> > the string. Just like
> > you'd do with your hands if you're hanging like
> > that.
> >
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > par
> >
> >
>
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