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Message #10151
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: BUDSCOTT@aol.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com
Date: Sunday, 13 February 2000 1:30
Subject: Cool Idea, or so i think!
>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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