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(...) Good point, but I wasnt sure where to post my sad story, so I figured I would pick on .laflrc! (...) Yes, without a doubt, my appreciation is up 10 fold. (...) Oh nooooo. (...) Oops... giggle. That sucks but I totally get it. Its funny, so (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Why? It's so much more fun to watch GBC talk take place all over LUGNET ;-) (...) hehe... you just weren't privy to all the "experts" watching their lifting devices failing miserably. Trust us, you aren't alone in the discovery that this is (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Thanks Brian. (...) I actually was too embarrassed my first post to mention I took one to the eye. Holy that hurt... I'm a shooter, I have learned not to look down a barrel, you would think that I had a bit more common sense. But I swear, that (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Awww. (...) Well it's sort of strange, it still runs, but its very slow, like its being powered by almost dead batteries (and no, the batteries are fine, the other motors work the same as always) (...) Yes, this is an option I should have (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Janey - don't feel too bad...we have all been there. Though I would say Steve has had to bear the most aingst about those little soccer balls. You had to be in his dining room to see the look on his face when my GBC module kept firing the cute (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Since its you posting, I feel I ought to make some comment about ball pumps etc ;) But I shall refrain. Yes, the design of these wonderful constructions, GBC modules, do have to be approached with a certain amount of care. Despite the inherent (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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Hey Steve et all... I think it's about time you lobby for a GBC group on Lugnet. I have been searching old posts, and checking out web sites... because after a few failed attempts at GBC I thought I would get some divine inspiration from the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Feel free to suggest options. This method actually only requires one open sensor port. As John pointed out, that port can also be used for a touch sensor so a person can play against the robot. Or you can use the port for other things, while (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) My concern with this approach is that your robot needs to use an output port and an input port just for communicating with the opponent. I haven't designed or considered my solution to the competition, but I might want my ports for other (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Steve - you can probably count me in for the January show if you need me. I suspect the Duck can be made to look like something that goes with a train layout, along with my new conveyor (not the one I had in Chicago). So, keep me in the loop. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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The GTX train show is coming up in January. IndyLUG usually uses the same layout as they used in October, so we have the same size area allocated. I'm pretty sure everyone has destroyed their modules. If you don't want to rebuild in the same size (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) No need to do that. My prototype sits completely behind the board. It doesn't extend along either side of the board. Speaking of which, I finished up the controls last night. I've just got a little bracing I'd like to do then it is on to (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) I'm going to go with John on this. But only because I don't want him to have to start over, and I doubt it will affect Brian. :) (...) Sounds good. I have a BrickOS program that I made up to keep time. If I can find it, I'll post it. Steve (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) LDraw is actually much easier to start using than I thought. The interface is a little cumbersome, but nice. The lego pieces practically snap into place (but not the technic pins & stuff, they're trickier). I have only scraped the surface of (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Someday I'll have to learn LDraw (or more likely LDD at this point). Very nice work John. It looks like it's one brick and one plate high? (...) I wish it was symmetric, but that can't work unless we make all the cells 6 wide. One point - we (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) With this being said, I've re-done the T3 board in LDraw. You can see the latest version here (when it goes public) (URL) The basics: baseplate-- green, cubes-- white & black, surround-- black, crosshatch plates-- gray If anybody sees a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) ... (...) The baseplate should be green. The crosshatch plates should be gray, because that's the most common color in the Mindstorms set (for plates), and it can be seen as different from black & white (the cube colors). The other parts don't (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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I guess you guys discussed the T3 board while at Chibots. I agree, the extra 2 studs around the perimeter would be a good thing. So after changing my prototype robot last night to work with the extra area, I will be making the changes to the LDraw (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) I never took the time to think about this in those terms...hmmm...I will have to think about the impact of this to my approach... (...) Or a break in the line...either way, go straight... And, as a side note, I rebuilt Sniffer on Sunday and (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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(...) These are things I just didn't have time to test. My newest line following robot "Twisted" was made to follow a line with six inch radius turns. I spent a great deal of time working on it, and have at least four or five scrap prototypes on my (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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