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Re: Custom Lego Mindstorms sensors
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Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:55:36 GMT
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Wow Kerry,
Now that's what I call some constructive thinking! Sounds like an
interesting idea, albeit a giant leap in that direction. I might just wait a
little while and see what else turns out before taking such a huge step into
the business. But if you think there is a lot of potential, I will do some
more digging and see what I come up with.
Thanks for the input,
Zac
In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > If you have any other bright sensor ideas let me know. But before I • venture
> > into such a venture, I need a decent amount of interest so if you think
> > you'd be keen on buying custom Lego sensors then let me know and tell me
> > what type you'd want by emailing zac_soden@hotmail.com
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> Zac,
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> In my observation, one of the biggest users of Mindstorms in Australia is
> the Robocup Junior, a schools competition (which appears to get quite
> competitive at times). There are a lot of schools involved (more than it
> appears as a lot of schools engage in it at school level but don't join the
> official league to compete with others) and each school generally has a
> number of teams of students working within it with a number of robotos, plus
> the kids who can afford it have their own personal ones. Anyhow here is the
> URL:
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> www.robocupjunior.org.au
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> or closer to home (i.e. where I work):
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> http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~robocup/junior/
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> There is no restriction on the use of non-standard sensors (provided they
> are equally available to all competitors or developed by the students
> themselves) so I think this market would have a lot of potential for custom
> Mindstorm sensors. I would suggest getting in touch with the organisers and
> seeing if they will pass on your interest in custom sensors to the schools
> involved.
>
> Kerry
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| You might also wanna contact John Barnes (URL) who has just ceased manufacturing custom sensors - he may be willing to sell or otherwise provide use of his designs, which may save you some R&D time. ROSCO (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) venture (...) Zac, In my observation, one of the biggest users of Mindstorms in Australia is the Robocup Junior, a schools competition (which appears to get quite competitive at times). There are a lot of schools involved (more than it appears (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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