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Message #09677
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bumper314@aol.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 01:15:30 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Lego Motors and Flagella
In a message dated 1/31/00 10:52:08 PM Mountain Standard Time,
dibst11+@pitt.edu writes:
> As an observation, if you bore a hole through the little pully attachment on
> the end of the lego micromotors and then insert the surgical tubing wire
> that solarbotics sells, I find you can make some fairly nice looking Turbot
> arms. Again I'm worried about Torque considerations, but if you look at the
> latest turbot pics at solartbotics, while I wonder how effective the lego
> motors are at the larger size, at the smaller scale the motors would do
> wonders.
Kinda sounds like Tildens smaller turbots that ne named after seeing star
wars episode 1 =). They fit inside an altoids can. I am definately interested
in this, I just cant seem to find them on the web site. Can someone give me a
direct link.
Steve
9678 Tue, 1 Feb 2000 01:43:26 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Lego Motors and Flagella "Dennison Bertram" Yep, that's what I'm trying to build essentially. Anyway, the link is
http://www.solarbotics.com/gallery-turbots1.shtml
you just have to scroll down, you'll see them.
dennison
In a message dated 1/31/00 10:52:08 PM Mountain Standard Time,
dibst11+@pitt.edu writes:
> As an observation, if you bore a hole through the little pully attachment
on
> the end of the lego micromotors and then insert the surgical tubing wire
> that solarbotics sells, I find you can make some fairly nice looking
Turbot
> arms. Again I'm worried about Torque considerations, but if you look at
the
> latest turbot pics at solartbotics, while I wonder how effective the lego
> motors are at the larger size, at the smaller scale the motors would do
> wonders.
Kinda sounds like Tildens smaller turbots that ne named after seeing star
wars episode 1 =). They fit inside an altoids can. I am definately
interested
in this, I just cant seem to find them on the web site. Can someone give me
a
direct link.
Steve
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