Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?

In lugnet.robotics, Kevin L. Clague wrote:

> How will the package arriving at the other end
> "throw a switch?".  Is there enough friction
> between the package and the belt?

   Ideally I'd like the package/crate itself to throw the switch, probably via
pushing on an axle or liftarm extending from beneath. If friction is too low, I
can always use a longer lever arm. Another alternative is to have the crate at
the end of the conveyor slide down a chute, and have a gate or lever in the
chute that resets the system.
   The idea of using the conveyor itself to manage the system is a very good one
(one I did not think of), but... it will look more "intelligent" I think if the
crate itself controls this portion of the system. *But*, yours may be the easier
solution.

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Brian Davis