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in some other thread, Mathias said: (...) I don't follow this. if 110 VAC (or some amount) goes in, it drops down to 9 (ish) i know for a fact that the RCX does not have a transformer, so the regulation has to be solid state..... ergo, somewhere in (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) omgoodness!! I love this idea! It'll have to be done with multiple RCX's fer sure! We use the 4 stud cubes that we used for block stacking/sorting, et al... White and Black, and see what happens! Oh so many ideas!!! Dave (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'd love to do a contest like this again. Maybe modify it at little to change things up, but keep the basic concept the same. I was thinking for a tougher contest, beyond this one, we could turn the board up on its side, and stack the blocks. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I really liked your gripper... I thought I had taken a picture of it, but I must not have... Anywone else have a picture of the retro wonder?? This is a combined function (...) Like you said, timing is pretty consistent, but motor speed (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Battery box. Running ot off of the power supplied to the sensor is an interesting idea, but I doubt it would work very well. The light is brightest with a full 9V. I think the light sensor only recieves 5V or less. Rob (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You mean like this? (URL) photo is by yours truly, second is by Mario. Calum PS-now y'all mail me your photos, y'hear? (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, since Mario's already responded to this thread, he won't complain about me replying :) We had the xEmployees entry running at the cube again this afternoon to disassemble, but before we started taking it apart, we had to show it to a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Welcome to the club. As of thursday night, mine was running the anti-x in about 29 seconds - some patterns in 27 seconds, although, my robot doesn't do a pre-scan and therefore has to search every square in the X, there isn't a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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did anyone manage to get a photo showing the "line" of robots?? I mentioned to Dave K that if you looked down the row of tables, all you saw was robot, laptop, robot, laptop, robot, laptop, robot, PC, robot, PC, robot laptop..... this would have (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Although I don't have a RCX on offer, I would suggest he post in .nf. Assuing he makes it into St John's on occasion, there is at least one other lego fan there. (though not a robot fan, Heather is a Townie/Pirate person) As far as stores (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) doesn't (...) Last time I've checked it was $180+tax, which works out to a hefty $207. Besides BrickLink has a couple for US$89 (~CAN$145) and you pay no taxes. ***At this point I would have also mentioned a certain auctions website, but I'm (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:Gs3qHJ.o0@lugnet.com... (...) EST): (...) flaky, (...) Awesome Dave, pictures of everything! Excellent overview! Iain (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Ivan, Spectrum Educational has the 1.0 with powerjack for about $150 if he doesn't mind paying a little more. It's brand new. Calum (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm just curious if any of you guys are willing to sell an RCX to a poor soul in need? A friend of mine from Newfoundland wants to get on the whole Mindstorms hype, but apparently there is a shortage of RIS's and Lego in general over there. He's (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Bob Fay" <rfay@attbi.com> wrote in message news:Gs4AGJ.HIz@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks Bob! I just finished adding the second pick and place robot. The two working together look awesome! Iain (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Very cool, Iain. I am really jealous. You have two clutch gears. I don't even have one. -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Transcanner" <hendryjr@oxford.net> wrote in message news:Gs470r.7q9@lugnet.com... (...) design, (...) indexing (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) a .mpg video there, as well as a picture of the target duck design, and the assembly nest on the carousel. The video shows the carousel indexing and the one pick-and-place robot I've built so far (to be duplicated 3 times). Yes, the robot (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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YAHOO!!! I have PERMISSION to make fun of Chris's robot..... SO.... Hmmmm.... I can't think of anything creative.... DOH! Jeff VW "Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C793216.B6E79D...ers.com... (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, i have 2 ideas stuck in my head for r11. One is a WAY COOL idea but would require more organization and participation from people long before the event. the second idea, is ok, a nice simple event to reset our brains, it would be easy to do, and (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I should have the pics I took at the event up by tonite (approx 6-7 p.m. EST): (URL) didn't get around to taking nearly as many pics as I wanted 'cause I realized at the start of the actual competiton, my 'bot was behaving flaky, and a quick fix was (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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