BugIv 1,6 was my very first LEGO MINDSTORMS creation. It buzzed with live for the first time one very late night somewhere back in ´99. The original photo-file is lost all most equally long way back, so this is the best I could find.
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FEATURED:
Front bumper w. 2 touch sensors, enabling detection of which side of the robot that bumps into something. The bumper that were in the building instructions of the RIS 1,5 set, from which this one were inspired, had a "dead" area in the middle, which are eliminated here by the 2 foremost flexible tubes
The antennas on each side activated the bumper when the robot was about to drive under anything that were to low for it to pass, like the couch, etc.
This bumper design proved quite efficient and can be seen in different variations on other of my robots.
Motorized light sensor, that just tilted up and down, searching for light. It was powered by the old LEGO TECHNIC motor at the rear
Protective flex-frame, good to counter the curious cat... ;^)
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