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| Is there anyone who has written or seen IC code that will keep a robot moving straight with 2 DC motors and four side sensors? 2 on each side. The main reason I ask is because one of my DC motors seems to put out more power that the other one and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Math/Optics Problem
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| It's amazing how much physics and math I have forgotten, so let me simply note that the focus of the camera isn't going to change the proportions of the objects. The focal length will. The perspective will change as your lens measurement changes (in (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: strange idea
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| (...) Wwwwow! That's a long drive! But a fun one! You going out on I-80? Driving alone or with a group? Gonna be online during the trip (bringing a laptop)? Don't forget to stop at Wall Drug in South Dakota -- it's insane... :) --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: markup syntax for member pages
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| [Just a sidenote, I ended up registering on lugnet to post this, Hi Everybody] In lugnet.admin.general, thou, Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com), hast wrytted... (...) Todd, I work in online publishing of scientific journals, and well you drew me out (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| Hi- The pieces that I'm unfamiliar with came from a garage sale. They are 4x3 solid sheets in black. There is also one in transparent green. They are not plates nor tiles... but they look like some kind of door or wall... they have a nub in the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Idea: Wall-breaker
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| I am thinking aobut a tank, with a touch and light sensor at the front, and when it hits something, a wall for example, the light sensor will analyze the colour of the wall. If it is the same colour as my wall at home, it will turn arund. If ain´t (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rcx and Solar Power
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| I've heard of people using a k'nex solar panel to power the RCX, not sure what elese. The voltage is the same as it would be for an adapter you plug into the wall, 9-12 volts, AC or DC, and any amperage. Lego designed the RCX to be kid proof! (...) (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LOTS 'o Pirate and Castle to trade!
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| Greetings all, I'm looking to trade the items below for primarily a #6286 Skull's Eye Schooner or second, a #6285 Black Seas Barracuda. MIB is preferably, though I would also be happy with either (again, preferably the #6286) in excellent condition, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 20 more Millennium Falcon pictures are up now
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| <snip> (...) This is exactly what I was playing with last night. I was using two halves. One white and one trans dark blue. Look pretty cool. I was thinking they could be half way recessed into the wall with the white side exposed. To escape, they (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Help ID pieces
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| I just emerged from my dark ages and bought a box of LEGO with no instructions at a yard sale. I've had pretty good luck (and a lot of fun!) re-constructing most of the sets, but I have some pieces left that I can't assign to sets. Can anyone help (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rope & Plexi revisited
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| OK, here goes ... <Devil's advocate mode ON> (...) For most, I think. Most kids at our display were with parents, and even if the plexi wasn't a barrier for the kids, it would clue the parents in to keep the kids from reaching over the top, etc. Of (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: web controllable robots
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| (...) I've got a Color Quickcam set up in a pan/tilt arrangement on the top of my cube wall at work. It's not web-controllable yet (there are issues with the RCX software still, and I need a pair of rotation sensors), but it is computer-controlled. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Models covered in dust
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| I got myself a very soft natural bristle 2 inch paint brush and I use that for dusting off creations [1] I keep on my shelf, it also works nice when I set them in the shower with me and turn on the water. it's soft and doesn't leave scratches on the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sensor Reliability
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| Chris <superpcer1@home.com> wrote in message news:FEsJBG.1J4@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks for the website plug. The price is right, but it won't be calibrated for either F or C. It seems the Radio Shack thermister has a little different (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Light sensor initialization?
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| (...) Partly, I can think of cases where that might be ugly. But more importantly, I often want to set up a scenario so that two robots will bump into each other in a certain place. (For making movies, showing off to friends, etc.) Can't do that as (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | The Perl Journal
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| Woo-hoo!!!!! My 13 back-issues of The Perl Journal just came in! Just in time for my in-laws' visit! Hey -- the front cover of #5 (Vol. 2, No. 1) has Lego a Lego baseplate and a couple'a Duplofigs cavorting in a pile of rice and beans. I wonder if (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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