February 28, 2009 7:00 PM - 19 attended
The Boston Robotics February Meetup
Willoughby and Baltic's Hackerspace (map)
At our February meetup, we'll take a look at Air Muscles, their use and application. We'll also have materials there so you can take a stab at making your own.
Air muscles use compressed air to expand and contract a balloon-like device to create an extremely powerful lift mechanism.
This event is open to Willoughby and Baltic and Boston Robotics meetup members. There is no cost for this event.
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Jon Schwartz
I think working in small groups would be the best way to accomplish something by the summer.
I really liked the idea of the art bots. We hadn't come up with a way to say who "won" but I liked the idea of bot1 busily trying to draw a pattern while bot2 erases it while bot3 copies it in a different color and bot4 goes off and copies it somewhere else in the space. We end up with something we can display somewhere.
Definitely glad I went (even though I was late... sorry)
Posted March 5, 2009 at 2:02 PM
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Larry_PI heard about some interesting local-area robotics projects. Always nice to hear what others are thinking about. I would have been interested in more detail about air muscles, but the demo certainly was hands (literally) on! I'll keep my fingers crossed for public projects that are more toward the artistic bent, and less sumo/robo-war like. (Just my personal preference.) Glad I attended.
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Are there any tools and/or materials that'd be helpful for making air muscles? I put a small compressor in my trunk, just in case, along with some misc. pneu fittings. I'm especially interested in learning about how air muscles can be controlled. See you there! -- Larry