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color=#0000ff size=2>Yes, the cell and the pager motor are directly wired. I
took this assembly out of a previously assembled "frightened grasshopper"
solar kit. Less than $6 for all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>In the video you can see this on bounces and moves around a
bit, but has none of the speed and directionality of the
bristlebot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Saw another post (chibots list iirc) where someone had
trimmed the leads of the bristlebot down about 1/4 of their original length to
make it more stable. I can't imagine that is easy to do and get
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color=#0000ff size=2>Randy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> dprglist-bounces@dprg.org
[mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeff
Koenig<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 28, 2007 11:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
dprglist@dprg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DPRG]
Bristlebot<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Randy,<BR><BR>Excellent! Did you wire the solar cell directly
to the motor? Where did you get the solar cell are you
used?<BR><BR>-Jeff<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Dec 23, 2007 7:11 PM, Randy M. Dumse <<A
href="mailto:rmd@newmicros.com"> rmd@newmicros.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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