Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #12857
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "sebastiaan van Vliet" sebastiaan_van_v@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:09:00 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Bicore freeform yutorial (Improved)
I've Improved my newly launched tutorial.
www.geocities.com/beamnet
Have a look!
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12858 Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:28:04 -0500 (EST) [alt-beam] Re: website beam@sgiblab.sgi.com jester96beam@iname.com This is the Cybug. I'ts on a lot of other sites as well, I think a lot of other BEAMers have one already (I don't)
That price is about the same as anywhere else. Same with those other kits - they're the same price as anywhere else.
Chris
---- you wrote:
> in this web site there appears to be a BEAM bot, or something very close.
> it has a kit where you can make a bot that is phototropic, or photophobic
> with options to make it a herbavore or predator. and it can seek out a food
> source. i think one of use BEAMers should buy this so we can apply this to
> our own bots. all together it costs about $90.00, but you can get the
> hunger instinct kit for $32.00
>
>
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12859 Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:56:49 -0500 RE: [alt-beam] RE: FRED tutorial Thomas Pilgaard
>
>
> > I imagine that a 1381 popper would keep using that motor
> > forever.. but not FRED! Occasionally, because of the difference in
phase
> > and period of the FLEDS, the 'wrong' motor fired, clearing the obstacle
> > out from underneath and allowing FRED to run around, clearing a little
> > circle of components.
>
> Yes, this is what I have observed aswell. In my tests the FRED cirquit
seems
> to pop either motor somtimes, but it seems to do it consistantly - that is
> kinda cyclic - according to the light it receives. For instance - motor 1
> fires three times and motor 2 fires one time, then motor 1 three times and
> motor 2 one time. I've had other patterns alike.
>
> Meanwhile I've got a 1381 Popper starving for attention while I'm on the
> Beam-ant and your FRED cirquit aswell. I've got a desklamp under which I'm
> doing the surgery and it keeps getting in the way :)
>
> > Better than a 1381? Probably not. But it is different, and it is
> > different enough to warrant further investigation.
>
> Indeed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas
>
> >
> > Ben
> >
>
>
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