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Message #12587



To: beam beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Ben Hitchcock" ben@wollongong.apana.org.au
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:54:40 +1000
Subject: [alt-beam] Two FREDs


All,

I just made another FRED, this time I used a 2200 uF cap instead of a 0.047
F like last time. I have to say that in low light the smaller cap is a
clear winner. In a race to the light from 20 cm, the smaller one got there
in half the time! 'Old' FRED took giant strides, but sometimes the steps
were too big and he overshot and had to circle round again to find the
light.

I suspect that in brighter light the searching might be a bit erratic
because the cap is charging up quicker - and the FLEDs flash with a set
frequency. I'll have to have a race in broad daylight to see what happens
then. I also angled the FLEDs down, not up, so the new one should avoid
shadows better than the old one.

I haven't really had much experience with robots interacting, but with these
two battling it out under the desk lamp it just makes me want to make more!
MORE MORE I say!

I took some pictures at each stage of development so hopefully others will
be able to make FREDs with a minimum of fuss. I'll get the tutorial up by
the end of the week.

Just had to share this with the group!

Ben



12588 Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:37:14 -0500 Re: Botic.com operational ! BOTIC.COM
> William,
>
> For the cookies, you are free to create what you want, so if someone comes
> to your web page, you can check via your personal cookie all informations
> that you want ( You can check on botic.com, I don't use cookies now).
>
> Ok for the URL, actually it's going like this:
>
> http://www.botic.com/users/yoursitename
>
>
>
> The SSI (Server Side Includes), it's also activated.
>
> You can add banners to your web site, there are no problems if you want to
> have more visitors coming to your site via this system.
>
> And don't worry for your robotic site, Botic.com is made for you ;-)
>
>
>
> Olivier
>
>
>
> ----- Message d'origine -----
> De : William Cox
> À :
> Envoy‚ : samedi 25 mars 2000 15:52
> Objet : Re: Botic.com operational !
>
>
> > What about SSI and cookies? My site is a general robotics site, and not
> > necessarily totally devoted to BEAM. I also assume there would be no
> > banners. What would be the URL?
> > -William
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: BOTIC.COM
> > To: ;
> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 5:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: Botic.com operational !
> >
> >
> > Hi william,
> >
> > For your info and for the others, the normal user receive 10 MB of
storage
> > for web space, mail or whatever. So if you need more space, don't worry,
> > send me a mail and ask me more ! Normally you CGI-bin is activated,
others
> > services are going to be available soon.
> >
> > If you need more informations, you know what to do william.
> >
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> >
> > ----- Message d'origine -----
> > De : William Cox
> > À :
> > Envoy‚ : vendredi 24 mars 2000 14:15
> > Objet : Re: Botic.com operational !
> >
> >
> > > What kinda specs do the sites have? CGI? How much space? Etc.
> > > -William
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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