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- From: wylee@cs.utexas.edu (Wan-Yik Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: Intelligent Blimps?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 18:38:48 -0600
- Organization: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences
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- In article <1992Nov18.060242.24569@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:
- >crs@sybase.com (Craig Saunders) writes:
- >
- >>...
- >
- > There are commercial model blimps set up for R/C control. I've
- >seen them, but don't have a manufacturer. Payload is low, but sufficient
- >for R/C control and battery-powered propulsion.
- >
- > ...
- >in Brand's "The Media Lab". But there's a group in (I think) Austin
- >TX which had some model blimps with steerable ultrasonic sonars
- >operating autonmously for art performances. I've seen a video of this,
- >and Joegh Bullock of Climate Theatre in SF would know who they are.
- >
- > John Nagle
-
-
- I believe the Austin group that John Nagle was referring to is the
- Austin Robots Group. The group has a blimp robot with an onboard
- computer with a ring of 16 sonar range finders. It is steered with
- fans.
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