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Re: some interesting Technic projects
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Wed, 7 Nov 2001 04:07:36 GMT
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message
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> a) Mosaic Maker. Build a machine that uses a Mindstorms mechanical • assembly
> alongside a PC driving it with a VisionCommand or other small webcam, that
> can digitize and then build a 48x48 mosaic out of small Lego pieces. It
> could take all the 1x1 flats from a S@H Mosaic and lay them out into • place.
> This would be like ProjectX but 10 times harder. But of course you'd need
> to have a computer attached to it.
I vaguely remember when EPCOT's Innoventions' pavalion used to be
Communicore East and West, there was an exhibit in which you'd sit in front
of a camera, and a UNIMATE/PUMA would paint your picture with a black
marker.
You could have the vision command set up to have you sit there, for twelve
hours, while it meticulously places every single tile. :)
> c) Event Donation Machine. Similar to b), build a machine that can take a
> coin donation, do something unusual with it (ie, a marble run, a sorter,
> whatever) then deposit it into a coin box.
d) Event donation machine sorter/brocheure folder. :)
Iain (sorting into PLANO tonight, build later... just bought the 4x4
Offroader and it's HUGE, omg, manual is like 10 mm thick...!)
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| (...) <snip> (...) You think that's funny - I did the math, and that's 18.75 seconds a plate. I think a Lego robot that could pick, handle and place a single 1x1 plate from a selection of 5 colours in 18.75 seconds would be a dream come true. 24 (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Hey. Here are some interesting but technically challenging ideas to try: a) Mosaic Maker. Build a machine that uses a Mindstorms mechanical assembly alongside a PC driving it with a VisionCommand or other small webcam, that can digitize and then (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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