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From: piggy@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au (La Monte Yarroll)
Subject: Re: Pneumatics?
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 05:08:59 GMT
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rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:

>Peter Lucas <plucas+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>Does it make any sense to consider pneumatics for robotic applications?
>>Superficially, it would seem that pneumatic actuators together with
>>electronic 
>>control and feedback could do some nice things. Anybody tried it? How about
>>sources?

>I mused in an earlier posting that one might use CO2 cartridges (like those
>used in air-pistols) as power sources in small bots.

One thing to watch out for when using CO2 cartridges as power sources
is that they should not be drawn on too quickly.  I built an air car
that used CO2 cartridges for lift.  I had constant problems with the
CO2 turning to dry ice after a couple seconds.  It shouldn't be a
problem driving pneumatics though...
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