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Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation
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lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date: 
Mon, 23 May 2005 16:09:56 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
On Sat, May 21, 2005 2:37 pm, Suz said:
I've wondered about this for over a year now, but haven't brought it up because
of not making it to the BF events. Now I can't stand it anymore and must ask.

Have RCX owners considered pooling their units to run an event-long simulation?
Each of us probably own 4 or more units. (I know I do.)


Suz,

While it's not exactly a 'simulation', there is a community project for the
robotics/technic areas this year.  More will be announced soon, but you can get
started by looking here:

http://www.teamhassenplug.org/GBC/

Steve

Right, but haven't you and your cohorts (Hi Brian!) been busily proving that
there hasn't yet been a mechanism that NEEDED an RCX? Most of the GBC modules
are (brilliantly, elegantly...) purely mechanical except for the train ball
return, and Brian was claiming that a sufficiently clever mechanical engineer
could do that one without an RCX either....



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation
 
(...) Not having an RCX does not necesarily make it irrelevant to robotics. I consider automatons fairly relevant - and the technique of getting a single motor to do many things is a very valuable one, especially considering the IO limitations of (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
  Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation
 
(...) Hi! Cool. Now I'm a cohort ;-) (...) Well, sort of... the robotic forklift I brought to HoB is currently the most complex module (that I *know* about) that requires an RCX, but there are some other options. A ball-sorting mechanism is (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation
 
On Sat, May 21, 2005 2:37 pm, Suz said: (...) Suz, While it's not exactly a 'simulation', there is a community project for the robotics/technic areas this year. More will be announced soon, but you can get started by looking here: (URL) (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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