What is this???
I found this picture of some sort of NXT robot today... anyone know what it is? I noticed a few interesting things from the picture:First, there aren't any motors! So perhaps this thing isn't supposed to move? On the other hand, it has a pretty big, open, frame, so maybe some different motorized components fit in the openings?
Second, notice the wheels in the back - they appear to be all taped up so that they can't move. Any ideas on why this would be?
Another interesting thing about this robot is the NXT Brick - it's upside down! Or maybe the robot is upside down?
Finally... the picture shows three sensors on the robot - 2 US sensors and 1 Light Sensor. However, if you look closely you can see that all four sensor ports are used, so there's probably another sensor on the other side of the NXT Brick. Judging from the positions and types of sensors, maybe this robot is supposed to track objects, possibly bright objects? Although that wouldn't be possible if the robot can't move...
So anyway, has anyone seen this before or know what it might be?
-Jonathan
UPDATE: Due to a comment on the post, I had to admit that I'm the one who made this robot. Everyone has until the end of Monday, September 10th, to figure out what this robot's purpose is before I post the answer. I will be posting hints periodically until then, so "stay tuned". :-)
HINT 1: The open frame of the robot actually doesn't fit NXT motorized components - the robot does not use any motors. Rather, the frame is made to hold something...
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Lol... that's my latest robot. Can anyone guess its purpose? I'll give everyone until the end of Monday, September 10th, to figure it out before I post what it is.
-Jonathan
Lol... I honestly have no idea, although I'm pretty sure that the only sensors (other then touch) that you have in stock is one compass sensor from HiTechnic. Also, there's an unpublished folder in your Brickshelf titled "Matrix solver"...
Other then that, I'd say is looks like it might have something to do with RCX-NXT communication.
Very enigmatic.
Lol... yeah it did go a bit against the grain, but it makes the "robot" quite a bit better so I did it anyway.
As for the sensors part... the one you can't see is another light sensor, so there's 2 US and 2 Light. In regards to the Matrix Solver folder on Brickshelf - that's been up for a while, and it contained a program I made for the NXT Brick to solve matrixes - has nothing to do with this robot. The only documentation of this robot is in this post.
That's an interesting idea you have about it being for NXT - RCX communication... but why would it have 2 US sensors?
I'll update the post with a few hints periodically, so "stay tuned"... :)
-Jonathan
Andy
Jim
-Jonathan
Squish those tires over a (pivoting?) stick structure to remove that invisible stuff.
sirhC
Actually, there isn't much of any problem with the two sensors being near each other, except sometimes when a wall is angled so that it reflects the sound from one US sensor into the other one they both detect it.
Chris,
Lol... yeah I'll have to work on the lower leg glove next, to enable the user to take short jet jumps and the like. :P
-Jonathan
Well, we should have guessed as much, as Jonathan is into that kind of cyborg stuff, isn't he? ;-)
Andy
Hmm...perhaps the US sensors beep faster as something gets nearer? (hence being able to determine where the tunnels are as you hunt the wumpus..)
Not a clue what the light sensors are for. (other than, perhaps, a voice prompt that says "You are now looking directly at the sun. Please close your eyes.")
Now...just a few lego arrow launchers that trigger when someone (something) gets within a proscribed distance.