Pneumatic robots page

Last modified 23 January 2000
Pneumatics kluge added

Here is an example of the first model in the fischertechnik pneumatic robots kit, 
a pneumatic door. When the the door is nudged, it opens pneumatically. When the light beam 
is broken it closes. The compressor is on the far right and the "interface" is on 
the near right. The two items in the middle are the electric valves. The serial cable
leads to a computer although the interface can operate autonomously. There is a
phototransistor on the far left and the cables just to the right lead to a light.

Here is an overhead view which shows the layout of the hoses and wires.

I had hoped to make my next project a complete lego one except for the valves.
However, I discovered that without the small pump I couldn't make a decent 
compressor. Therefore we will have to content ourselves with this kluge and
proof of concept for now.



The valves are connected to the rcx which are used via RCXX to open and close the door. 
The connector kluge sits on top of the fischertechnik interface.