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Message #11759



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: BUDSCOTT@aol.com
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:48:17 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Turbots


In a message dated 3/13/00 7:46:47 PM Central Standard Time,
tacoman101@yahoo.com writes:

<< Well for the turbot I'm building I used little
Mcdonald toy gear boxes. I hook up a pager motor to
it and works great. I have a 1 arm turbot crawling
around in my RJP. But I am am building a 2 armed one
now. My tip is try a 1 arm first than move up in
complexity by going 2 arms. Besides the 1 arm one
won't kill any of your bots. =) >>

hehe, some of my bots can fend for themselves pretty well, lotus, my symet
will push bots on their "hind quaters" in one pop. Anywho, good idea with the
mcdonalds toy gearboxes. My question now is motor mounting. I've seen some
with the motors mounted at a 90 degree angle from eachother, is that the
best, for phototrophs, where should the eyes go? right by the motors, cause
the bot flips so, any descriptions and or pictures of peoples bots and how
they used their frame work would be greatly appreciated!

-Spencer



11760 Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:07:27 -0700 Interesting, ain't it? BEAM = Richard Caudle =

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You know,

I've spent a large portion of my adult life as an entertainer. Meeting h=
undreds of people on almost a daily basis. Not one time have I ever mentio=
ned that Nine Billion Names of God story and had a response from anyone oth=
er than "huh?". =

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Here we are meeting people across the void of cyberspace and out of the 4=
0 or so million people using the net, I end up on a small list of robot ent=
husiasts (considered outcasts and fools by the establishment) and two other=
s have read that story! Gives one pause to think about coincidence and it'=
s function in the universe...

Enough metaphisics! Hey did you see the cans on that one!

Richard Caudle
(They laughed at me at the academy, but I'll show them! I'll show them a=
ll! Mu-ooh Ha ha ha ha ha!)
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You know,

 

I've spent a large portion of =
my adult =

life as an entertainer.  Meeting hundreds of people on almost a dail=
y =

basis.  Not one time have I ever mentioned that Nine Billion Names o=
f God =

story and had a response from anyone other than "huh?".  V>
 

Here we are meeting people acr=
oss the =

void of cyberspace and out of the 40 or so million people using the net, =
I end =

up on a small list of robot enthusiasts (considered outcasts and fools by=
the =

establishment) and two others have read that story!  Gives one pause=
to =

think about coincidence and it's function in the universe...

 

Enough metaphisics!  Hey =
did you =

see the cans on that one!

 

Richard Caudle

(They laughed at me at the aca=
demy, but =

I'll show them!  I'll show them all!  Mu-ooh Ha ha ha ha ha!) R>
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