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Mike, The link is not working for me. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dutch Railways models
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Eric: (...) details I have missed). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Sears Tower Model @ O'Hare Internationation Airport
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A while back I mentioned that there is a model of the Sears Tower at O'Hare International Airport. I took a couple of pictures of it the last time I was through Chicago and finally have them posted on the web: (URL) plaque on the base of the model (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | New site!
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Hey fellow builders! I just wanted to let you know I got a new site up: (URL) not finished yet, but I'll be adding more in the next few weeks. Any comments are welcome. (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Are ABS bricks so good...?
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Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in article <020a01bed896$8749b0...@simon>... (...) I found out the same thing. When separating bricks with my fingernails, I get dents and cuts in bricks very easily. Also, the quality of the newer (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) I had exactly the same experience. I used that kind of compressor on my S5 robot many months ago, it's slow and unefficient. The small pumps work much better. Ralph Hempel has a very good double action compressor in his page: (URL) like his (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Homing with the IR Tower
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(...) You can add more free wheels to make it very stable. (...) When I approached the Joel's challenge I was worried also about the time to collect the cans. My idea was to develop a reliable navigation system to minimize the time to find the cans. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: odometry (was Re: Homing with the IR Tower)
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(...) Yes, 95 ticks are always 95 ticks, but the point is if your robot really *is* in the position where it's expected to be on the floor. The main problem with odometry, as you know well, is that errors accumulate very fast. The unavoidable (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Linking HB with UART
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That is what Radio Control modelers do all the time. The technology is mature and readily available. This would prevent any autonomy in the bot, you become the brains. Mike (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mechanical question
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(...) [lots snipped . By all means, look at the original message! ;-) ] (...) Beautiful stuff! That's what I call an explanation. "progeeks", indeed... :-)) Thanks, Paul! (Incidentally, you're not using a pseudonym? ;-) Best regards, Martin (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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