Flying Penguin Bot

erco

Beautiful motion, Festo rocks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGgl5VH5go

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·"If you build it, they will come."

Ken Gracey

Erco,

Did you look at some of the technical specs on these Air Penguins?

www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CBwQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.festo.com%2Fnet%2Fde_de%2Fdownloads%2FDownload.ashx%3Flnk%3D29110%2FAirPenguin_en.pdf&rct=j&q=festo+air+penguin&ei=43AUTMWCIsX6lwfUqdybDQ&usg=AFQjCNHoe90VFcr2L_8Dc_ibABTDasmu2A

Some of the guts of these penguins include:

32-bit microcontroller @ 50 MHz <= wonder what kind
Altitude measurement: SCP 1000 pressure sensor <= same sensor as sold by Parallax
Distance measurement: ultrasound receiver capsules
Measurement of rotation rate
about vertical axis: Lisy 300-AL gyroscope <= same sensor as sold by Parallax
Directional and positional sensors: positionally compensated 3-axis
compass with accelerometer
Temperature measurement: temperature sensor
2.4 GHz radio transmission: based on ZigBee

Nice find. Share more! Thanks, Ken

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Ken Gracey
Parallax Inc.

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erco

Ken: No, I didn't get that far, I was too disenchanted. When I first clicked on "Air Penguin", I was hoping that it was a discount airline with short, cheap fares to Rocklin for the UPEW!

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·"If you build it, they will come."

Franklin

An airline named after the penguin? They would definatly have short flights. You board at the gate, the engines roar and the plane heads for the freeway where it taxis to your destination.

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- Stephen