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From: Clint.Laskowski <Clint.Laskowski@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: MOUSE TRAP ROBOTS? C'MON...
Message-ID: <1993Sep29.185536.10811@mixcom.mixcom.com>
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 18:55:36 GMT
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In <28c14lINN34j@uwm.edu> rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:

>In article <1993Sep28.201806.13140@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com> johnb@sgi.dev.cdx.mot.com (John Bottoms) writes:
>>I seem to remember a competition featuring mousetrap driven robots. Can
>>someone explain the mechanism for converting arc-motion to linear/circular
>>for driving wheels? Or if plans are available I'd be interested. 

>Simple!

>Wrap a string around a shaft, then tie the free end to the swing-arm
>of the mousetrap.  When the mousetrap is triggered, the string will
>unwind from the shaft causing it to turn.

When "Johnb" first posted his message, I thought it was a joke!

What are the chances Johnb is really intered in micromouse competitions
and not mouse trap robots? Mouse trap robots seem a bit silly to
me :-) But, I suppose anything is possible!

- Clint
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