Wed 6 Aug 2008
Stonehenge - the claw clock robot takes time to show time
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RoboClaw Clock takes time to show time.
Stonehenge - A Robotic Digital Clock uses its claws to arrange cards to show time.
It uses a CrustCrawler Smart Arm and a Parallax Propeller chip. There are a total of 14 cards. Each card has two digits with one on each side. The software planner determines which card and which side is needed to display the time and then sends the necessary movement commands to the arm.
For more info head over to Norris Labs .
Have a look at the video of StoneHemge - the Robotic Clock
Stonehenge is named for the way the cards are arranged around the bot ’s claw(actually it is only a claw) like the Stonehenge’s rocks. The bot slowly but surely changes the cards every minute to update the time on display. Because it takes a long time to change cards it keeps track and might have to skip a minute for example when shifting from 12:59 to 01:00.
This would involve changing all the 4 cards on display, so it would take a lot of time, see the video to see what I mean.