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Re: Custom Lego Mindstorms sensors
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:27:06 GMT
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You might also wanna contact John Barnes http://www.hitechnicstuff.com/ 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
In lugnet.loc.au, Zac Soden writes:
> 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,
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> Zac
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> 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
> >
> > 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 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
> >
> > or closer to home (i.e. where I work):
> >
> > http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~robocup/junior/
> >
> > 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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