J10
11-13-2002, 03:45 PM
Howdy again all-
If there is anyone out there who has spent any time with these, I'm curious to know about some of the things you've done with them, I'm looking for ideas to utilize one I've just acquired.
Here is a link for those who are curious about them, www.parallax.com
It's basically a robotics controller chip that you program to do a wide variety of tasks, the limits being your imagination, the number of instructions the chip can hold and the physical interfaces available to you. For instance here are some apps:
Aerospace rocketry control:
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_jpaerospace.htm
Submarine: http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_AUV.htm
Dance of the water spiders:
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_art_waterspiders.htm
Firefighting robot:
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_firefightingbot.htm
Ya that's right, I'm back.
If there is anyone out there who has spent any time with these, I'm curious to know about some of the things you've done with them, I'm looking for ideas to utilize one I've just acquired.
Here is a link for those who are curious about them, www.parallax.com
It's basically a robotics controller chip that you program to do a wide variety of tasks, the limits being your imagination, the number of instructions the chip can hold and the physical interfaces available to you. For instance here are some apps:
Aerospace rocketry control:
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_jpaerospace.htm
Submarine: http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_AUV.htm
Dance of the water spiders:
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_art_waterspiders.htm
Firefighting robot:
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/customer_apps/apps_firefightingbot.htm
Ya that's right, I'm back.