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:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name="GENERATOR"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" 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> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span
class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" 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> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"><a href="http://owirobots.com/msk670.MPG">http://owirobots.com/msk670.MPG</a></font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" 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> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" 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> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2">Randy</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="218113319-28122007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Courier New" size="2"><a href="http://www.newmicros.com">www.newmicros.com</a></font></span></div><br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <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> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><a
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