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| (...) I got a private email that said this: Jordan, this idea is a good one. and has proved to work in the past. if you have 2 rcx's, then try it. heck you can even experiment with just one RCX for proof of concept. run a wire from the motor out to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| I'd like to know all the different LEGO robotics challenges you've seen or heard about. If anyone knows of a comprehensive list that already exists, please give me a link to it. Otherwise, I'm going to make my own list, which I would have on a (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) Thanks for the reply. Would you please explain the balance beam tug-of-war in more detail? I just can't picture it. Also, "sentience" is pretty vague. Could you expand on that, too? Thanks a lot! (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) would of course have a lot more pictures to demonstrate the challenge. But I would like this list to be something people could consult when they need ideas for challenges. Many of them can be combined into one, including ones that have never (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| I'd like to share two thoughts with you all. They involve the RCX and doing things with it that I'm sure the designers never intended (or thought possible). Oh, if you're reading this in the .trains newsgroup, you can skip over the first thought (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) Thanks for the links. I would really like to use such a sensor, but I'm a LEGO purist. Maybe that's irrational, but it pains me to see things like servo motors and ugly exposed circuit boards attached to LEGO. Even if a device is hidden inside (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| I would really really really really really (really!) like to see all the posts I've made in the various LUGNET newsgroups on one page. I hate having to find them myself, and I often forget that I've even posted or responded to threads, so I miss (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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jordan, bradford
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| I have completed Version 0.1 of my list, which means it's just a list of categories. There are no links to any specific projects or details, no graphics, and no special CSS (the stylesheet is the same one I use on my personal site). I just wanted to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) In real life, when undeveloped land is rezoned, the roads are planned first, and then the land is divided into lots. Then the land is sold and stuff is built. In real life, when buildings already exist in a location, the road is either moved, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) I bought one when it came out and put it together right away. I took it apart a few days ago. I too had four bent grey beams, but not as bad as yours. But you can still see that they're warped. Some of the black ones are also bent ever so (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) WHAT?!!!! I was just there two weeks ago and there was no Pick-a-Brick at all! I don't live anywhere near that mall, so going to the LEGO store at all is a huge big deal. I am now very unhappy. Thanks for ruining my day! >-@ (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) I can make you one if you want. My scanner's broken, though, so I'll need someone to give me a scan of that logo up close. It's easier to trace the logo from a scan than to draw it freehand. (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) I think a drawing would help people visualize this better. Seriously, though, it would be easier for modules to connect if you have a single passageway running up and down in the middle of a baseplate. With four individual columns, you'd be (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) To clarify, I would have traced it as a vector graphic, so it can be scaled to any size needed. The pattern is rather simple and lends itself well to this anyway. Using LDraw might work. What parts use it, specifically? I know that some (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) Do you think it would be helpful to have better lighting for the original (raw) image? That might create a better difference between the robot and the background. (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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jordan, bradford
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| (...) If you're going to get so complex as to build a lift, you might as well be making just a single moonbase that's very tall. Something like this one: (URL) After considering this some more, I'm thinking that having a vertical connection standard (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 upgrade CD? (part 3805)
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| The Mindstorms SDK 2.5 is still available, which includes the 2.0 firmware. If you don't want the actual 2.0 version of the graphical programming software then this should be all you need. (URL) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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jordan, bradford
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jordan, bradford
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