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Forgive my ignorance with respect to robotics and the like but what would you do with a laser? Is it used for guiding the robot or can the RCX detect when the beam is broken? I don't assume it is used to zap dirty dishes from the dinner table. <g> (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Yeah. In can't think of anything that a laser could be used for. Unless you had reflective walls and could use it as a range finder. Sort of like an ultrasonic range finder, only with light. I wonder if the timing could be done fast enough. Andy (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think a laser would be very useful for vaporizing pesky obstacles, I'd like mine to be a CO2 @ 50 Watts please....Blue bricks would be just fine :>)) Seriously, a laser might be an interesting source of light for a homing beacon. I don't know if I (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Andy Gombos <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:37FE04DD.CA5505...nfi.net... (...) Maybe you could use it to blind people or pets. (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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i assume that i will be able to make a small lego robot that hunts for annoying dogs in the neiborhood and vaproizes them. i demand no less. b ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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