Patrick

built by Earl Morgan


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Target Environment	Locomotion Method
Indoors	2 Wheels
Sensors / Input Devices	Actuators / Output Devices
On/Off switch	Maxon gear motor metal bar with roller
Control Method	Power Source
Autonomous	Battery
CPU Type	Operating System
A piece of metal with a roller	None
Programming Lanuage	Weight
None	less than 2lbs
Time to build	Cost to build
spare time	none - made from scrap
URL for more information
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Comments
The motor shaft, which is co-axial with the axis of the tires, is attached to a metal arm with a roller. The motor body is attached to the wheels. When the robot, inside it's shell, runs into an obsticle, the roller lifts up one side of the robot, and pivots it back slightly. It continues to do this, until it is free. It then proceedes forward, at 6" a second, tracking quite straight, until it finds another object. This little beast roams the halls where I work, sometimes disapperaring for 1/2 a day or more.

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