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(...) design-good (...) buttons, No! Honestly. Translucent rubber buttons NEVER LOOK GOOD, ever. EVER EVER EVER. WORST feature of the Roomba was the buttons on top. (URL) 100% perfect. Iain (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Segway is an interesting item in that it's industrial and product design is excellent, but it's a solution waiting for a problem. It's like, they hired great ID and PD guys, but forgot to talk to anyone in marketing. For those who don't want (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here here. So far it is the hardest game I made a robot for. I don't know if my 3rd prototype arm will work, or just give me a twisted axle when it try to paw through the rice. (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) naw, I'm not sure why my cell phone did not "ring" I was out celebrating my dad's birthday. so I just got home, and saw Bruce's post about going into some drunken stupor. Chris (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ACTUALLY, Calum and I were at the CNE, visiting the Better Living Pavilion and expericing Italian Freefall from 55 metres and pulling 5+ G's the KMG Afterburner, Fireball. And then we phoned you at 10 to see if you wanted to go for ice cream, (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) videos (...) little (...) plug is (...) I think Calum is the only person I know who apprecieates product design even more than I do. If there had been a third person standing there watching us poke and prod at the Segway I think they'd think (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Iain and I saw some nifty robotics related stuff at the CNE/Ontario Place today: (URL) had two Segway HT's being used for promotional PR work for Pogo (the hotdog on a stick product). Very very cool. A company rents out the Segways with custom (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) yep.... that STUPID spirit of the game thing getting to you bruce? heh heh sucker. (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hmmm... how is pouring the beer on the rice going to help? (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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After working all day...I'd like to say that…I hate Lego...I hate rice...and I'm none to fond of Chris. And don't irritate me further by telling me that your rice robot is simple and works like a charm! Maybe a nice cold beer will solve my problems. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, also putting it in a lower-torque part of the gear train helps (ie where the gears are turning faster) ROSCO (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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as if google was not already the best darn search engine in the universe...... they just added the google calculator: (URL) it is super powerful. you can do this: G / 4 and hit enter. it will divide the gravitational constant by 4. OMG OMG (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, it doubles the amount of torque that you can apply before it slips. (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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do any of you "no life"(1) genius' know how to make the clutch gear less slippy??? I'm using a clutch gear (for the first time) and it works, but my EOAT can get too heavy with all the bricks I'm going to scoop. and then the slip..... slips. And (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) For those who are interested... Some of these big rides will be appearing at The Hobby Show this year, along with other great models from a number of other builders. So if you're like me, and you want to see how tall that Zipper is in real (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's fine, the robots will get stuck on each other as rakes extend into each other etc. Happens all the time. (...) No, an AC cable is considered a fibre weapon. Fibre weapons (strings, AC cables, 9V cables, pneumatic tubing, shreds of rare (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm sorry..... do I know you? Chris :) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, I had to use a turntable with a rotation sensor to get some control over my extractor. I don't mean to brag, but my extractor has a 16" reach. Well, okay, I'm bragging :-) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm just wondering what you guy's opinion is on when robots get tangled with each other -- not an AC cable, but beams sticking out, that sort of thing. Surely this has happened before? At a local puck gathering competition it seems to happen (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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