The sounds interesting but isn't there already a RC haro on the market?
From: Minh-Nhat Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [gundam] Custom Designs and Haro buys?
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:12:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > We (a few US-based geeks) had plans for a Haro robot (eventually
> > autonomous, but we planned for RC initially).. We went as far as
> > pencil and CAD drawings and worked out some basic math/engineering
> > for
> > locomotion. It would roll forward and backward and turn under
> > control
> > without anything visibly moving. We didn't really work out in
> > detail
> > how it would sense the outside world, bi-aural listening would
> > sound
> > pretty feasible, maybe a sonar too. For output/action it obviously
> > need to say "Hello, Amuro!" but beyond that we leave it open for
> > the
> > moment.
> >
> > In implementation, I brought some materials for a prototype: got a
> > 35cm diameter spherical shell (in 2 halves) a couple RC car motors
> > and
> > battery/charger from garage sales. Had been scavenging for
> > internal
> > frame material when that inconvenient thing called a baby arrived.
> > That was about 3 years ago.
> >
> > The earliest I can restart it is probably another year or two away,
> > when the baby goes to school may (or may not) relieve the time
> > pressure. Anyway when I finish HGUC 0079 models (ending with Zock)
> > I
> > might decide to stop plamod and switch to robotics. But then
> > realistically I might end up buying a kit rather then build my own
> > custom design.
>
>With what I learned until this point, the project is much more
>feasible now than ever. We should start it again soon.
>
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