Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #07378
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Blumojo13@aol.com
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 19:55:17 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: On the Beam ??
I believe I saw this a coulpe of months ago on WCEU out of Daytona Beach.
Hope this helps.
Blumojo13
7379 Thu, 04 Nov 1999 19:10:44 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: Cleaner Robots beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Senior Jason Chang wrote:
> Hi all :)
>
> I've been trying to build some robots to clean up my room, and for this,
> I'm using recycled RC cars. the control circuits are fine, basically i'm
> using 2 head circuits back to back,(one head for left control, another for
> right control) and it follows a preset path of IR beacons. The whole bot
> works fine on the whole, but i realised something. the power supply to the
> bot may not be sufficient. :P Any Ideas on a suitable power source?
>
> I've thought of placing some recharging stations all around. But would that
> mean that the robots would not seek out the IR Beacons but the power
> source instead?
> any ideas on how to overcome this?
Hey Jason! :)
Well, do they need to follow a preset path? Cuz I'm making a vacuum bot
for my tile kitchen (A real vacuum mind you! :) and I decided that if I
just had it kinda go randomly around than in the five hours it cleans it
must get prety much everywhere. To give it power it's got a battery
(REally?!). The deal is is it comes on at night (The charger tells it
when to go). The charger has a night light on it. The bot goes around,
using ir to aviod walls etc... and when it's batteries get a bit low it
starts seeking light (ON the charger) and the kitchen is cleaned without
me ever knowing it.
Makes sense? Good! :)
Kyle
7380 Thu, 04 Nov 1999 20:39:57 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: On the Beam ?? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Senior Eheh, what, are they trying to market BEAM? Does have anything related
to bulding robots on it?
Kyle
Ian wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> > I talked with KNME, the PBS station in Albuquerque, NM.
> > and they (the programming dept.) know nothing about it.
> > I exchanged e-mails
> > with Mark T. and he doesn't remember who was actually filming it
> > and he visited the studio only once, and didn't keep any
> > notes. I sort of remember someone for the list who lives in
> > Florida saying they saw it in thier PBS schedule; if so
> > did it show and what station was it?
>
> I've seen it. It wasn't done but I saw a pre release at the studio. I think
> they were talking about it being played up in the 4 corners area and then
> maybe nationally. It doesn't have much to do with the games and India. It's
> mostly about these 4 teens that are in gangs, do drugs, been in jail......
> And talk mainly about how they went to India for the BEAM games and it
> changed their lives. Although when we went they shot like 600 hours of film
> in India there are only a few shots in the video. I would of liked to of
> seen more shots of the games and India.
>
> Laterz
>
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7381 Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:39:24 +0800 [alt-beam] Re: Cleaner Robots "Jason Chang" hi! thanks man. thats more or less the idea. but wouldn't using a vacuum
cleaner drain the battery even faster?
----------
> From: Senior
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: Cleaner Robots
> Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 10:10 AM
>
> Jason Chang wrote:
>
> > Hi all :)
> >
> > I've been trying to build some robots to clean up my room, and for
this,
> > I'm using recycled RC cars. the control circuits are fine, basically
i'm
> > using 2 head circuits back to back,(one head for left control, another
for
> > right control) and it follows a preset path of IR beacons. The whole
bot
> > works fine on the whole, but i realised something. the power supply to
the
> > bot may not be sufficient. :P Any Ideas on a suitable power source?
> >
> > I've thought of placing some recharging stations all around. But would
that
> > mean that the robots would not seek out the IR Beacons but the power
> > source instead?
> > any ideas on how to overcome this?
>
>
> Hey Jason! :)
> Well, do they need to follow a preset path? Cuz I'm making a vacuum bot
> for my tile kitchen (A real vacuum mind you! :) and I decided that if I
> just had it kinda go randomly around than in the five hours it cleans it
> must get prety much everywhere. To give it power it's got a battery
> (REally?!). The deal is is it comes on at night (The charger tells it
> when to go). The charger has a night light on it. The bot goes around,
> using ir to aviod walls etc... and when it's batteries get a bit low it
> starts seeking light (ON the charger) and the kitchen is cleaned without
> me ever knowing it.
>
> Makes sense? Good! :)
>
> Kyle
7382 Thu, 04 Nov 1999 22:27:05 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: Cleaner Robots beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Senior Well it's actually a large computer power supply fan set up as avacuum
wtih a little bag to catch things in. What I meant was that it's not a
broom or a paper towel picking up dust and stuff. But it does have one
heck of a battery (For it's size): 12V 1.8AH (It'll power 4 pager motors
for roughly 5 days without stopping)
Happy Beaming Oh! And how does it relate to BEAM? Well, mine uses
anolog Nu Neurons on the tactile sensors, a flip flop for some memory,
and a higher-archial architecture. Something like that. It's analog. ;)
-Kyle
Jason Chang wrote:
>
> hi! thanks man. thats more or less the idea. but wouldn't using a vacuum
> cleaner drain the battery even faster?
>
> ----------
> > From: Senior
> > To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> > Subject: Re: Cleaner Robots
> > Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 10:10 AM
> >
> > Jason Chang wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all :)
> > >
> > > I've been trying to build some robots to clean up my room, and for
> this,
> > > I'm using recycled RC cars. the control circuits are fine, basically
> i'm
> > > using 2 head circuits back to back,(one head for left control, another
> for
> > > right control) and it follows a preset path of IR beacons. The whole
> bot
> > > works fine on the whole, but i realised something. the power supply to
> the
> > > bot may not be sufficient. :P Any Ideas on a suitable power source?
> > >
> > > I've thought of placing some recharging stations all around. But would
> that
> > > mean that the robots would not seek out the IR Beacons but the power
> > > source instead?
> > > any ideas on how to overcome this?
> >
> >
> > Hey Jason! :)
> > Well, do they need to follow a preset path? Cuz I'm making a vacuum bot
> > for my tile kitchen (A real vacuum mind you! :) and I decided that if I
> > just had it kinda go randomly around than in the five hours it cleans it
> > must get prety much everywhere. To give it power it's got a battery
> > (REally?!). The deal is is it comes on at night (The charger tells it
> > when to go). The charger has a night light on it. The bot goes around,
> > using ir to aviod walls etc... and when it's batteries get a bit low it
> > starts seeking light (ON the charger) and the kitchen is cleaned without
> > me ever knowing it.
> >
> > Makes sense? Good! :)
> >
> > Kyle
7383 Fri, 05 Nov 1999 01:24:36 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: On the Beam ?? Ian Hey
> Eheh, what, are they trying to market BEAM? Does have anything related
> to bulding robots on it?
Ummm, not really in depth but I think there are a few shot them building or
something. What sucks was that I got most of the awards for the team and I
wasn't even mentioned. Only one very quick shot of me. But I guess that
wasn't the focus of the video. Also they have a cool shot of one of my
RoboFlys in the beginning. Has a bunch of special effects on it.
Laterz
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