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A Pneumatics Bibliography of Sorts
History
The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria Creatures
Robert H. Thurston: A History of the Growth of the Steam Engine Mario Ferrari has several bots featuring innovative uses of pneumatics

Basics		 Doug Carlson: Pneumatic hexapod using 20 of the small cylinders
An Educational Pneumatics Web Page Pneumatic caterpillar by Kevin Clague
Eric Brok: Pneumatic control cycle
Compressors Pneumatic Engines
Michael Powell: Tiny Lego Compressor

Bert van Dam: Technic Pneumatics
Ralph Hempel: Technic double-acting compressor Joe Nagata: Lego Mindstorms Gallery (Air engine cars)
Doug Carlson: Quad-Acting Compressor P A Rikvold: A Lego Technic "Steam" Engine
Larry Pieniazek: Pneumatic limit switch Brian H Nielsen: Pneumatic V4 Engine
Pneumatic Switches

Rob Limbaugh: Pneumatic Switch Internals
Linc's Micromotor actuated pneumatic switch Engines without Pneumatics!
Brian Alano's Pneumatic actuator (based on the one by Linc) Erin Lassley: Lego engines that really run
Denis Cousineau: Pneumatic control device (switch)
Wow, what can I say?
John Matthew: Motor driven pneumatic switch Jennifer Clark has a  Pneumatic Skid-Steer Loader that's simply exquisite
Ralph Hempel: RC servo control of pneumatic switches
Pneumatic Solenoid Valve
LEGO Compatible Pneumatic Solenoid Valve
Topical Pneumatics Issues on LUGNET
Deconstruction of the large cylinder Taking apart the large cylinder. Now why would you want to do that?
Aquarium hoses for pneumatics
Springless pneumatic pump Removing the spring from the large hand pump. Be warned it doesn't work too well in an air compressor.
Lubricating pneumatics Don't use brake fluid!



Mario's Book

This hefty book by the Ferrari brothers is chockfull of ideas for robot building. It even has a chapter on Pneumatics where this site gets honorable mention. 

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 You will find lots of information and the latest discussions on pneumatics in the LUGNET Newsgroups. You can search the newsgroups by entering "pneumatics" or other key words such as "compressors", "air tanks", or even "cssoh", etc



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Updated: 26 Nov 02