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Straight from the top of Sony Tower in Tokyo comes this press release on a newly developed "entertainment robot" - the SDR-4X: (URL) SDR-4X is without any doubt a prototype successor to the widely successful AIBO bot series. As always Sony haven't (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new catalogue arrival
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(...) Ooops.... :) I stand corrected....yes, the green goblin...sorry!! this wasn't a Mania Magazine, it was a shop@home catalogue.... a thought....with all these wasted resources going into "redundant" catalogues, wouldn't resources be better spent (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: new catalogue arrival
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(...) ~Easy there Kato! =) I do believe you mean the 'Green Goblin'… <still gigglin'> Oh, an no, I haven’t received the new Mania Magazine as of yet. -R (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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this maybe for Richards sake, moreso than anybody else, but I received the Second Spring Catalogue for 2002. It has the Galidor cover on it, and has the first edition Galidor Items. I wasn't that impressed with that...it ranks below even Jack Stone (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Anybody there??
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(...) Hi Phil, I suspect that a vast majority of the local members of the group are immensely busy with their work, school, etc. now... (I guess). I, myself, have some things going on in the last couple days, and really haven't found an excuse to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Anybody there??
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(...) Hi Phil, I've been working out of Belleville, Ontario, temporarily, so I haven't really been able to post anything of note. I do have a batch of photos from rtl10.1 ready to be uploaded once I get home tonight. What we're expecting for the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi everybody, or should I say anybody? It's been over 30 hours since anybody posted anything here. Has the rtl decided what the next competition is and everybody is feverishly building on there new robots? ... If so, what is it? Phil :) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Breathtaking!
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(...) I was just looking at the skycar site and saw that they use the Wankel design as well (near the bottom of the page) (URL) VW (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A New Project
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Gt5Fuy.8MC@lugnet.com... (...) machine, (...) But that's probably the easiest method to do via LEGO (still quite a tackle!) (...) The (...) pool (...) Laser pointer isn't powerful enough (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A New Project
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(...) you need help. Chris Pretend this says something funny (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A New Project
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(...) What you need is a stereolithography machine for rapid prototyping using resin that's cured with a laser. Or the cornstarch one. That's nifty. The laser actually traces out the profile of each layer which hardens in a pool of liquid material. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | A New Project
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Forget the Duck Assembly Carousel. What if I could actually make a machine, that could build the actual DUCK?! (URL) *****phenominal.***** Iain (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 3493 2x2 White Tiles review
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(...) Just wait till you get your 3494!! Adds a whole new dimension!!!! ROSCO (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fave mechanisms?
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(...) Well, I dunno if it counts as robotics, but I kinda like the mechanism in the new R2D2 for switching between 2 & 3 feet 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fave mechanisms?
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(...) Iain, Bruce: is there a picture of this?? anything that Iain made and Bruce likes has got to be worth seeing. -- Chris Pretend this says something funny (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fave mechanisms?
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(...) My favorite mechanisms: The castor that Iain showed me Some of the EOATs from the last competition...The two that I remember best (because I was running around judging, I didn’t get a chance to look at all the robots in detail) were Calum’s (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Game idea for rtl11 July?
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(...) This sounds like fun...we'd have to build a new arena (Chris, don't let Calum near the thing with a paint brush!) Bruce (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, Iain and I have been talking about giving a talk about competition robotics at BrickFest 2002. One of the things we thought about presenting was a library of favourite mechanisms, such as the 24t to worm. Anyone else have good suggestions (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Game idea for rtl11 July?
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I can't believe I predicted a Junkyard Wars game with this: (URL) interested in picking this up for rtl11? Calum (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Breathtaking!
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Remember how I posted drivel about the Wankel engine like a few weeks ago? (URL) the video down at the bottom. WHICKY! Iain (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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