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Message #09218



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Sathe Dilip sathe_dilip@bah.com
Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: BEAM LEGO was RE: microcore experimentation kit



>Wow, a message from 10 years into the future :-)
>------------------------------------------------
>
>To begin with let me say that I haven't played with lego blocks in
>years. After reading the messages so far, I have some thoughts &
>questions. The questions below are kind of loud (written?) thinking &
>not in response to any particular message.
>
>1) The blocks may prove useful as a learning system and as a
>breadboarding system to tryout different ideas & configurations but,
>
>will the additional weight per block not make it difficult for the bot
>to move efficiently? OR again the idea here is to be able to build it
>just to see/show that it works?
>
>2) Is there a mechanism that will allow experimenting with say the angle
>between the front & the back motors (are small increments in angle
>possible with standard blocks?)
>
>3) Will it be possible to build a bot entirely with the pieces
>provided? e.g., will there be different leg shapes readily attachable
>to the gearmotors?
>
>4) Does the plug-in type construction provide enough integrity to the
>body of say a walker that the parts won't come loose when the legs start
>pulling against inertia/obstacles (& at an angle too as in question 2
>above).
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Dilip
>
>(In case you didn't get the ref. to 10 years in future - look at the
>date on the previous message in thread)
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>
>cbrenizer wrote:
>>
>> here's a product that was discussed on the LEGO lists a few weeks back.
>>
>> they're too big for what you might want and appear only to be 2
dimensional,
>> but could serve as templates for what works or doesn't, or just plain
>> inspiration.
>>
>> www.logiblocs.com
>>
>SNIP
>--
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