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Message #09875
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From: TurtleTek@aol.com
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:07:17 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: photovore
In a message dated 2/7/00 12:08:07 PM Central Standard Time,
h.verbeek1@chello.nl writes:
> he problem is that the
> popper turns right or left following the light , but it isn't going in a
> straight line with the two motors turning at the same time.
Don't worry about it, that is exactly what it's supposed to do. It seeks
light by doing that zig-zag motion. If it ran straight for the light, it
would be much less accurate in homing-in on a light pool....not to mention be
less efficient.
-Brien the TurtleTek
9876 7 Feb 2000 17:59:28 -0800 [alt-beam] BEAM uses beam@sgiblab.sgi.com iphotope@canada.com Hi all!
This letter is written with anybody who has been
stumped on the question; "Yeah, it's cool, but what
good is it?" and couldn't come up with anything
better then "It looks cool." I have summed up the uses
I can see for most BEAM bot types:
Heads:
1. A phototropic head to aim the solar panels on a solar
car of the futur.
2. A sound-seeking head equipped with a microphone for
anywhere sound could come from different locations.
3. An infra-red seeking head so that your VCR can get
the single coming from your remoye dead-on.
4. A heat-seeking head to lead fire-fighters towards the
hottest point in a fire.
5. A radio signal-seeking head so that your radio can find
the best angle to receive the radio signal.
Walkers:
1. A 'leg-chair' to replace a wheel-chair and add more
adaptibility to the user.
2. An off-road vehicle.
Photovores:
1. A heat-seeker to lead firefighters to the middle of the fire.
(should be able to walk, a Walker/Photovore mix?)
There are probably many more that I am missing, so please tell
me If I am.
Iphotope
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9877 Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:11:50 EST [alt-beam] Re: Tutorial alt-beam@egroups.com TurtleTek@aol.com In a message dated 2/7/00 1:33:52 PM Central Standard Time,
waters@intekom.co.za writes:
> Hi- I am thinking of making a tutorial for my site, but what should it be? (
> Two motor) walker, Photovore, solaroller, symet, head? Any suggestions as
to
> what i can make a tutorial on, anything that would be significant to the
> world of BEAM, something that somebody's never done before.
Well, how about a photovore tutorial? Not just any photovore. How about a
bicore photovore? I don't think I've seen a bicore photovore tutorial..
-Brien the TurtleTek
9878 7 Feb 2000 18:20:12 -0800 [alt-beam] motor question (another one) beam@sgiblab.sgi.com iphotope@canada.com Greetings fellow beamers!
Are the messages I'm sending out anoying
you yet? No? Good.
More to the point, are motors salvaged from a
tape player any good in BEAM, because www.bgmicro.com
has tape players for .99$ US (1.45$ C)?
Iphotope
P.S. If you can't find them, look on the last page of the catalog,
after the order form.
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9879 Mon, 07 Feb 2000 21:51:02 -0500 [alt-beam] Charging Caps alt-beam David Simmons Hi All,
My son has found some 0.047F Caps, 5.5V, about 1/2" Dia by 1/4" high, on
some fried motion sensor boards he picked up for a buck at a surplus
store. His question is how long should they take to charge? Is the side
with the double strip running down the negitive side? He is using a
simple FLED Circuit, and a 60w Light bulb for testing.
Also, is a battery powered walker still a BEAM Robot, or is solor
powered the only true BEAM system to go with?
Thank You,
Dave
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