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| (...) Yes, that sounds easy. But keep in mind Pitsco sells the Mindstorms set with RoboLab software. And, looking around at Lego.com, you can find LEGO's own text-based programming language, Mindscript, available for download. Most AFoLs seem to use (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| I got answers to a some of the questions we've been asking from Jan Beyer about the contest. Question: There seems to be two aspects to the competition. You mention registration is required by February "so you can work at home", as well as an event (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| David, I think by pressure sensors they mean touch sensors. Scott -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of David Schilling Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:41 PM To: (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) How about 2 "Touch" sensors? I thought the same thing, the first time I read it (when Jan replied to my e-mail, earlier today :) Steve (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Huh. They might want to clarify/restrict that, just a bit. Unless they really mean for people to write all their code ahead of time, and bring it with them. Steve (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Oh, that makes sense. I guess I was too excited about the possibility of a new sensor that I overlooked the obvious! -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) The main thing is that it's even for everyone. Allowing everyone to bring pre-written code is fair. On the other hand, not allowing anyone to bring pre-written code would also be fair. It kind of comes down to how they want to organize the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Three hours for building and programming is *extremely* tight, even with a second two hour session the next day if everything had to be done from scratch. I've run a couple of competitions that way, but only because more time wasn't available. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Sorry for taking so long to follow-up on this! A few answers from Jan: The Programming environment: You will get a normal Mindstorms set from us, the latest version. Software: see above, normal LEGO Mindstorms Software Jake --- Jake McKee (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I'll bet the rules are still subject to change. If anyone has an opinion, about what would be better, they should express it to Jake and Jan Steve (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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