使用LEGO建造复杂的机器

Building Complex Machines Using LEGO®　　by Andrew Carol
使用LEGO®建造复杂的机器　作者：Andrew Carol
Machines have long been used to ease repetitive labor. The machines I found most interesting eased the labor of calculation; watches, orrerys, calculators, difference engines, etc. Gears were the workhorse of this age reaching their zenith during the late 19th century only to decline as they were replaced with transisters for most computation.
机器长期被用来减轻重复的劳动。我发现最令人感兴趣的机器是减轻计算的劳动类的：如手表，太阳系仪，计算器，差分机，等等。齿轮是他们在第19世纪晚期这个时代能够达到的顶尖重负荷机器，用于大部分计算，只是被晶体管替代后才衰落了。
Having always loved complex mechanical devices, and never having fully outgrown LEGO, I decided to explore where computational mechanics and LEGO meet. This is not LEGO as toy, art, or even the MindStorms® fusion of LEGO and digital electronics. This is almost where Steampunk and LEGO meet. Hand cranked devices that perform complex mechanical tasks.
总是喜欢复杂的机械设备，而且一直对LEGO兴趣盎然，我决定探索计算机械和LEGO的交汇点。 这不是把LEGO作为玩具，而是艺术，或者甚至是LEGO MindStorms®套件和数字化电子设备的融合。这差不多就是蒸汽朋克Steampunk和LEGO的交汇点了。手动曲柄设备执行复杂的机械任务。

Automaton made with LEGO　
用LEGO制作自动机
The 2011 movie “Hugo” is about the adventures of boy who repairs an automaton, a mechanical machine which can handwrite a message. His automaton looked like a boy with a complex clock-work inside.
2011年电影“雨果Hugo”是关于一个男孩修复机器人的冒险故事，这台机械机器人能够手写一条信息。他的自动化看起来象一个体内含有复杂工作钟的男孩。
I left the theatre convinced that I could make a machine, using LEGO, that could write any short message I desired. The resulting LEGO mechanism does not look like a boy, but it is a purely mechanical hand-cranked machine that will move a pen to write short messages of up to 150 pen strokes.
我离开剧场确信我能做一台机器，使用LEGO，他能够书写我期望的任何短信息。作成的LEGO机器看起来不象一个男孩，而是一个纯粹机械的手动的机器，它从移动１支钢笔写短的信息到多达移动150支钢笔写短信息。
“雨果Hugo”豆瓣介绍：http://movie.douban.com/subject/2028677/
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Babbage Difference Engine made with LEGO
用LEGO搭建巴贝奇差分机
This is the 3rd generation of Babbage Difference Engine made with LEGO. It is modeled after Babbages Difference Engine #1. The 3rd generation operates five times faster than the 2nd generation.

这是用LEGO搭建的第三代巴贝奇差分机。它诞生于巴贝奇差分机#1之后。第三代比第二代快五倍。
This machine can evaluate polynomials of the form Ax^2 + Bx + C for x=0, 1, 2, …n with 3 digit results.

这台机器能求Ax^2 + Bx + C for x=0, 1, 2, …n形式的多项式的3个数字结果。
A new answer is produced every 20 turns of the crank: 10 turns of the crank adds the bottom two digit register into the middle two digit register. The next 10 turns of the crank adds the midlde two digit register into the top three digit accumulator, yielding the next result.
　　曲柄每20个旋转产生１个一个新答案：曲柄的10个旋转把底部两个数字寄存器添加到中间两个数字寄存器中。 曲柄的下10个旋转把中间两个数字寄存器添加到顶端三个数字累加器中，产生下一个结果。
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Antikythera Mechanism (Eclipse Predictor) made with LEGO
用LEGO 建造Antikythera（日食月食预报器）
This machine, modeled after the ancient Greek original, can calulate the date and time of solar and lunar eclipses over a hundred year period.

　　这个机器，模仿自古希腊人的原创，能够计算一百年期间内日蚀和月蚀发生的日期和时间。
It is an analog computer with over 100 gears and 7 differential gearboxes. It is accurate to a day or two over it’s range.

　　它是一台具有超过100个齿轮和7个变速箱的模拟计算机。它能精确到一二天的范围。

Five turns of the central yellow handle advances the machine one year. The dials on the left represent the Saros cycle of lunar months. The dials on the right represent the positions of the sun and moon against the zodiac.
　　中心黄色手柄旋转５轮驱使机器运行一年。左边的标度盘表示太阴月的沙罗（Saros）周期循环。右边的标度盘表示太阳和月亮相对黄道带的位置。
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Acknowledgments. 鸣谢
I would like to thank Steve Wozniak for the generous use of his server space for this page.

　　我要感谢Steve Wozniak为此网页慷慨提供服务器空间。

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　　LEGO和积木轮廓是LEGO集团的商标，该集团公司不是本网站的主办者，授权人和批准者。

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