Prototypes

-----PROTOTYPE-BIPED-----
--Powered by--Small 9-volt battery box
--Controlled by--Nothing
--Piece Count--About 50
--Motor Count--1
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--This is a bipedal ambulator that could walk foreward or backward. It used one motor to rotate the legs and shift its weight, causing the walking motion. Its legs were made to adjust to the angle that it was leaning and it had rubber grippings to give it better tracktion (one was torn in the picture).

-----PROTOTYPE-MANIPULATOR-----
--Powered By--Scout and air
--Controlled By--Pneumatic valve and 2 touch sensors
--Piece Count--Unknown
--Motor Count--1
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--This is a very basic manipulator. It had a claw that moved down about 45 degrees and then closed. It could spin 360 degrees at its base. The spinnging could be controlled manually with the large 48 tooth gear or with a motor that can sit on the back of the base. The basic design was made for a car to pull up under it and drop off cargo.

-----PROTOTYPE-CONTROLLER-----
--Powered By--Scout
--Controlled By--Nothing
--Piece Count--Unknown
--Motor Count--1
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--A controller that had two touch sensors to move a car foreward and backword. It had a motor that generated enough electricity to run a micromotor with precise control. Originally made to controll the prototype car.

-----PROTOTYPE-CAR-----
--Powered by--Scout
--Controlled by--Prototype controller
--Piece Count--Unknown
--Motor Count--2
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--A rack and pinion car that used one motor for the drive system and a micro motor for the steering. This car was directly wired to the prototype controller. It was a fairly fast car that could go foreward, reverse, and turn left and right.

-----PROTOTYPE-PHOTOBOT-----
--Powered By--RCX
--Controlled By--Infared remote
--Piece Count--Unknown
--Motor Count--3
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--A photobot that was a fast moving, picture taking rover. The camera was strapped down the the front of the robot using pneumatic tubing. A motor mounted on top of the RCX moved a hammer that took a picture. The camera is not shown above and on the far right picture the tubing is missing and the wheels are different, but the middle picture was an updated version. The picture on the left was taken by the photobot (during the uploading process it was overlightened).

-----PROTOTYPE-SCANNER-----
--Powered By--RCX
--Controlled By--RCX code program
--Piece Count--Unknown
--Motor Count--3
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--This is a basic scanner. I could copy an image that was one inch wide and eight inches long. It was mainly used for barcodes or very simple pictures. One of the first lego printers, but like many of the other prototypes on my page was never uploaded onto the Mindstorms site.

-----PROTOTYPE-WRIST-----
--Powered By--RCX and Air
--Controlled By--Rotation Sensor
--Piece Count--Unknown
--Motor Count--1
--Status--Dissassembled
--Notes--This is a basic wrist. It was made for tests during the building of "BATTLECLAWS". It was also used as a method for teaching several people how to build basic wrists (via e-mail). This bot had a short life but was very usefull.