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color=#0000ff size=2>Not that I know of yet, I haven't seen a stearable
bristlebot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Of course that is the ultimate goal. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I've heard a few ideas, like the catamaran, or bristles
than can be flipped in orientation, of driving one motor, and letting the other
idle, and have the vibrating brush pivot around the still brush. But it seems we
are on the cutting edge of tooth brush technology. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890464521-28122007><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>(I have an OralB electric. It has a rotatry head. I thought
it might be a commercially availabe bristlebot already in production. However,
it does jump around, but exhibits no directionality as does the CrossAction
ones.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Randy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.newmicros.com">www.newmicros.com</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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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>Chris
Jang<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 28, 2007 3:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
rmd@newmicros.com; 'Jeff Koenig'; dprglist@dprg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[DPRG] Bristlebot<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Is it possible/practical to make a steerable bristlebot? If there
are multiple vibrating motors and bristles in different directions, then it
could be controlled. Has anyone done this?<BR><BR><BR><B><I>"Randy M. Dumse"
<rmd@newmicros.com></I></B> wrote:
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face="Courier New" 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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face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.owirobots.com/cart/index.php?l=product_detail&p=24">http://www.owirobots.com/cart/index.php?l=product_detail&p=24</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://owirobots.com/msk670.MPG">http://owirobots.com/msk670.MPG</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Courier New" 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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face="Courier New" 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 even.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Randy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.newmicros.com">www.newmicros.com</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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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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