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SB316SB316 Posts: 33
edited 2010-02-27 14:23 in Robotics
Hey, I have been thinking of a few robotics projects one of which requires linear actutators and another which needs compressed air suspension.· The suspension doesn't need to be that powerful but the end must be able to be hinged.

Thanks,

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  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-01-30 01:06
    Tell us more! Your thought process reminds me of myself :]

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  • SB316SB316 Posts: 33
    edited 2010-01-30 14:58
    Sure, take into account that I am almost brand new to the robotics/electronics field (all I have are the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and RCX), but here are the ideas. The concept for the one with the linear actuators (LAs) is a octagonal service robot that runs on special tracks in the ceiling. The robot would have two of the LAs connected to the top of the octagon and have two rollers coming out of the tops of the actuators at 90˚ angles. (Are you still with me?) The robot would run on I-beam shaped tracks which the rollers would slide into. The top of the I would be screwed into the ceiling and the rollers (which would be motorized) would run along the bottom part of the I. The LAs would be used to raise and lower the entire robot from the ceiling. The inside of the robot would be hollow since it would be used as a cargo bay for drinks, tools, etc. The bottom of the robot would be connected to the main body with a few more LAs and would serve as a tray and would be lowered and raised to give access to the items in the cargo bay.

    Whoo, ok that was a lot of typing [noparse]:)[/noparse]. I'll talk about the other bot in another post so my fingers can have some time to catch their breath.

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  • SB316SB316 Posts: 33
    edited 2010-02-27 14:23
    Hey, sorry that I didn't get back sooner, I haven't gotten back on parallax in a while. Well, here goes. The second robot idea (at the time of my last post, I have thought of a few more after that) is basically a tracked tub. A large plastic tub with motors connecting to tracks on the outside. The tracks will be in a triangle configuration and will be connected to the tub at the three corners. The motor at the top. Then on the two other corners it will be connected by two pneumatic cylinders which would be hinged where they meet the tracks. That way, if the toe of one of the tracks goes into a rut, the pneumatics will push it down and keep the up parallel to the ground.

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