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(...) Brian Davis is the competition coordinator for Brickworld's Mindstorms events, so he is the right guy to work with if you have suggestions, desires, ideas, etc. Glad to hear someone is lurking about :) B (17 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) We're not sure, yet, if Rock Crawling will be on the menu for Brickworld. There will certainly be some robotics events, but we've not finalized a list as yet. Does Rock Crawling sound interesting? (17 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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So . . . I've been lurking in your club's newsgroup lately and am wondering if this rock crawling challenge will be at BrickWorld for sure. Are there other robotics events planned? (17 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) At this point, there really aren't limits on LEGO parts. Bryan hasn't posted (publicly) about his robot, but I think he's using the controller from the RC buggy for his, along with four motors. Both John and I have robots that look very much (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) I've now found that as long as I go to my junk mail folder, I can usually find the "authorize post" email. Weird, about 1 time in 5 it gets into my normal inbox, and the rest of the time it ends up sorted into "junk". (...) Yeah, I can see (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) That is the exact thought I had the last time I was at your place and saw the alternate model for the semi tow truck sitting there. Nice to know great minds think alike ;) But being short 1 semi-tow truck, I can't do that at the moment. John (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Well look whose back to being able to post on LUGNET :) As to rotating the motor, that would require either elongating the wheelbase, or raising the NXT up to make room. Neither option is desirable. Raising the NXT puts the COG too high, and (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Brian, This sounds like a good suggestion. How is your rock crawler progressing? :) I actually spent last night working on a transport vehicle for my Rock Crawler. Hopefully, by the end of the week, I'll have an RC hauler that can be used for (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Very nice! I like the compact rear differential and gearing. I wonder if you could rotate the rear motor 90° so it lays under the chassis, to (very slightly) improve the center of gravity. Very nice looking. What happens if it gets lifted at (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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A beautiful piece of work!! And functional... :) I may have to go back to the drawing board to do the 45 degree incline...I will have to run a test. B (17 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Wow! That looks like some serious engineering :) JB (17 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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I think we need to have another meeting. Mainly so I can test this... (URL) links (URL) suspension or rear steer in this one, but it is 4wd, with both axles linked so all 4 wheels will spin before the motors stall, and it can climb a sanded plywood (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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It appears Science Central has added this year's First LEGO League challenge to their list of events for Feb 24th. So, for those of us who've been playing around with the idea of building a robot, here's your chance... (URL) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) That's how they do it in "real" rock crawling. It will be a little different for us, because you don't actually have to "put it into reverse". I think having a penalty for backing up may be good. In the "real" event, there is also a penalty (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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Steve, I just had a thought on scoring. You mentioned that you wanted to make the course tough enough so a perfect score (no penalties) would be nearly impossible. How about giving a penalty every time someone backed up? I can't remember a single (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) I understand the unwillingness to buy a controller for a video-game system that you don't own (I struggled with that a bit too), but using the playstation remote and mindsensors sensor is pretty practical compared to other methods of remote (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) We were the only ones there-- unless you count Matt and Kurt, whose spybot vehicles did almost as well going through the course as my truck did ;) (...) I've noticed it is a little harder to keep track of this kind of stuff when building (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Ok, now can you commit? :) (...) Sorry if I didn't explain that. NXT-G is the software that came with the NXT. You can get an update to the software from NI, which allows you to add blocks that are not included with the standard software. (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Oh, it's a plan. But I can't commit just yet; wait'll next year. :-) (...) It looks like I need to get one of these dongle thingies. If I get my act together before midnight, I found a dlink dbt-120 for about $18 online, plus a $10 rebate. Of (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Yes, but it's good to have a plan. (...) That's what I've done. However, they seem to work best if you use the Windows drivers, and not the drivers that come with the dongle. (...) This is the cool thing. There are a bunch of ways to control (...) (17 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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