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Getting ready for Chibots... I pulled together a new GBC module last night...needs some reliability tweaking for dropping balls off the lift...oh, and it needs an in box...but it works pretty good for iteration 1 of a new lift...it is a conveyer (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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| | Re: Legoworld 2005
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(...) Very cool. We totally understand the popularity. We saw it at BrickFest. It's great to see people just standing there watching it run. (...) We know how that is, also. Sure, the first four or five work great, but then we start throwing them (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Legoworld 2005
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Hi Steve, hi all (...) having been built by Philo and myself, plus a few by other friends. It was a big success. The table was always crowded with visitors and both adults and the children found it intriguing and enchanting. It was a success also on (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Pinball wizard (was Re: Legoworld 2005)
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(...) I posted about this a few days ago. (in what I thought was the right group but maybe should have copied more groups? : (URL) ) One of the co-creators sent me quite the amazing writeup about this creation, the project is more impressive than it (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Pinball wizard (was Re: Legoworld 2005)
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(...) Hmmm, sometimes a picture says a thousand words, and other times it just leaves a thousand questions!!! I would love to hear a report about the building, mechanics, playability and any other information available for that pinball machine. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Legoworld 2005
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Looks like they had a cute little GBC with about 17 modules at Legoworld 2005 (URL) here's a full-sized pinball machine, that appears to use at least 13 RCXs. (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Line Following & Chibots
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(...) My whole list for the Chibots events will require 21 light sensors. I'll be doing some sensor swapping. Steve (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Line Following & Chibots
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(...) Yes - it is my operating system of choice now. Of course, I still have some stuff in NQC, but anything new is BrickOS and database...I am sure I will run into something that I actually have to code eventually. (...) Since I have limited time (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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| | Re: Line Following & Chibots
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(...) Well, you got me beat - I'm running around 40 cm/sec on my course (4+ meters with at least 16 6" radius turns, including a "L-R-L-R" section as well as a couple of "R-L-L-R" sections. And even then, it still looses the line on rare occassions (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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| | Line Following & Chibots
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Well, I may not be competetive yet for first place. But, I am pretty happy that I am running a robot around a 5 meter track with lots of S-curves. And, the robot is doing laps at 55 cm/sec pretty consistently. Unfortunately, this robot has hit its (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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