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Message #10144
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Dennison Bertram" dibst11+@pitt.edu
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:27:51 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Univeristy of Pittsburgh Robotics ClubBEAM at school
This is kinda what I'm noticing. I'm the president, (and founder!) of the
University of PIttsburgh Robotics club. We had SOO many people show up first
meeting, but you know, now there are only like five people. So, it's tough,
that's for sure, but I bet It will work out in the end.
dennison
This is my 3rd year on our schools robotics team. This year we're
competining in Canada FIRST in RoboHockey.
Here's what I noticed as a member of the Gordon Graydon Robotics Team and
school:
The 1st meeting you get about 80 people show up. At each meeting this number
divides by about 2, until the team levels off at about 4 - 7 members. But
this is all work on one large robot... so its not as if everyone has always
something to do.
For sponsors, we managed to get some from the school and from Ontario Power
Generation. Total amount = $8000 CAN.
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10145 Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:47:27 -0500 (EST) [alt-beam] Re: Cool Idea, or so i think! beam@sgiblab.sgi.com jester96beam@iname.com Well, actually solenoids are much more energy INefficient than pager motors. And the solenoids would operate less frequently than the motors would anyway.
It is a cool idea though. Maybe try this idea on a nonBEAM robot so you can use...oh no....I'm gonna say it...BATTERIES!!! ARGH!
Chris
> The other day i got a really cool idea (you know, one of those ideas you get
> when yer sittin on the toilet). it seemed to me that using pager motors that
> just triggered for a small amount of time, as opposed to a continous run,
> seemed wastefull, and there might be a better way of locomotion. (NOTE TO
> READER: if this next part sounds dumb and idealistic, ignore it!) Solinoids
> (spelt wright isnt it?). has anyone tried this before, it seemed like a cool
> idea but i've never seen mention of it. if one mounted a solinoid on each
> side of the robot, at a 45 to 35 degree angle from the cap, and used a nice
> mechanical design to keep it from tipping ("wider is better"). Would this
> work or am i a foolish teenager? I found a 3v DC solinoid, thinkin of
> ordering it, just have to switch the 1381J to a 1381L and definitely use a
> 4700uF cap. sorry for being lengthy. any input?
>
> -Spencer
>
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10146 Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:54:28 -0500 (EST) [alt-beam] Re: Want to watch some bots? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com jester96beam@iname.com This is pretty cool!
You should have it update more frequently though, like every 5 or 10 seconds. I know the bots won't have moved very far, but it'll be better than waisting 30 seconds.
Other than that it's really interesting to watch your bots play.
I was watching the "BEAMant" like robot and symet crashing into each other, and the other photovore kinda watched from the sidelines until th two separated. Now the photovores are circling the light.
I guess we don't have to make our own bots anymore as we can just watch yours!
Chris
you wrote:
> BEAMLAND now has a webcam! Check it out...
>
> BEAMLAND Robotics Division
> http://members.xoom.com/jfeser
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10147 Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:58:21 -0800 Bicores don't have rollercoaster points, do they? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Dennison Bertram
heres a quick question I thought of while, writting a paper about BEAM.
Bicores don't have rollercoaster points like microcores, do they? Because
there is only one process there isn't really any one neuron whom in the
saturated state acts as the rollercoaster point. For a rollsecoaster point
you need a saturated, multiproces loop. Am I right?
dennison
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