[Lab] dog-o-mation

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

it is much like this one that you posted (the 4rth)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PDGs45vjQ4&feature=player_embedded

except mine only had 1 wheel

here is a litle but how I had mine set up  maybe you could have some
thing that hold the ball in with a sensor to detect the dog is not in
front of it

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds




On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
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> That might be cool for having a random direction. Or if the ball is gathered
> by a collector shaped like a blower housing I suppose it would be
> consistent.
> I saw your note on the spinning pinch wheels too. That sounds like the
> simplest. The ball gets tossed in the hopper by the dog, then it falls onto
> spot near the spinning wheels. The wheels spool up and a servo gives the
> ball a little push into the wheels. I realize we could run the wheels but I
> thought it would be cool since the sound and delay would cause more
> anticipation. And there might be some safety possibilities with controlling
> when the launch takes place.
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> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I made a base ball lauger with a rotating wheel.  the wheel you
>> squeeze a ball threw an opening just slightly smaller than the ball
>> and then out a tube
>>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
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>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I want to make a ball launcher for a dog. I think the electrical side is
>> > pretty easy but what about the mechanical? Here are a few ideas.
>> > http://mambohead.com/2011/11/dogomation/
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