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From: pkdutta@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Prabal K Dutta)
Subject: Re: Do you know these companies?
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In article <1993Apr11.164522.25199@sbcs.sunysb.edu> shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane
Bouslough) writes:
>I just received Colin Angle's MS thesis on Attila from the MIT
>Microreproduction Lab (617-253-5668). In it, he mentions some of the
>parts he used in construction, but no phone numbers or addresses.
>If anyone has information on the following companies/products, I'd
>appreciate hearing about them.
>
>Micro Measurements:     strain gauges
>Spectron:          inclinometers
>IC Sensors:        accelerometers
>Watson Industries: rate gyros
>Maxon:             motors
>Micro Mo:          motors
>
>He describes the Micro Mo 1331 and Micro Mo 1319 as having excellent
>torque/weight ratios. I'm not sure if the name is the company name or

     Micro Mo is the company name and 1331, 1319 are both the motor part 
numbers. As far as the motors go, they're both ~13,000-16,000 rpm. What makes 
the motors so great are the various gearboxes available. They range from 1:2 - 
1:985 or maybe even higher. The gearboxes fit right on the end of the motors
and so take up very little space. The motor diameters vary from 10mm (wow!, 
pretty small, eh?) to 120mm +. The first two (or three) digits in the motor # 
represent the diameter. I think their smallest motor is 10mm dia x 10mm 
long...and you can even get a gearbox attached onto the end of it!!! I used 
several (24) motors (in various configurations and ratios) on a siz-legged 
mobot I built a couple of years back.

>the product name. Any help is greatly appreciated.

     Here are most of the phone #s, I hope it helps. I've used products from
most of these companies, so if anyone has any questions about them, I may be
able to help.

     Micro Measurements; Raleigh, N.C.; (919) 365-3800
     Spectron; Hauppauge; NY; (516) 582-5600; Robert Marshall
     Watson Industries; Eau Claire, WI; (715) 839-0628; Drew Karnick
     Micro Mo; St. Petersburg, FL; (813) 822-2529; Gus Geil

     I have a complete list of suppliers of sensors/motors/development tools 
that I can post if anyone wants to see it (compiling time required). Good Luck.

     - Prabal

pkdutta@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
