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(...) Good luck. You'll find links to my HOWTO in various places- feel free to ask if you have problems. (...) Forth is a language for embedded systems, and since it is designed for embedded systems, (i.e., very low level) resembles assembly in some (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have noticed a lot of effort being put into the most ingenius robot platforms designed to increase the accuracy and repeatability of navigation. While many of these designs are a credit to the designer concerned, I can't help but wonder if they (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Just passing this along. This includes a scan of the cover from the Destroyer Droid (Droideka) set. :) (From www.theouterrim.com) US NEWS - Lego update BY: Greg Edwards Pictures have popped up on the Net At this site ((URL) of Technic Battle Droid, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ACK! Don't they teach fixed point any more? I encourage anyone to post an application where the dynamic range of signed 32 bit values is outside the range of numbers which would be useful to an RCX application! I'm not flaming, I'm just trying (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes, and no. It is an interpreter, that you can type (or upload) ASCII text to. It then compiles it into an efficient bytecode (really 16 bits) that lets you execute later. It allows for LOTS of variables and best of all, you don't need to be (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi, sorry for interferring with this mailing list. I am a journalist from Germany, working for "Konr@d", a multimedia offspring of "Stern" magazine. Since the Mindstorms product has just been released in Germany, we thought it would be a nice idea (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Try (URL) for a cheap 'n' cheerful approach, go to (URL) click the 'Search inventions' item in the Navbar on the left, and search for Compassbot. Cheers JP (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, we are trying to teach AI, not embedded systems :) Towards that end, we've sort of tried to simplify things as much as possible for the kids who are taking the class, since most of them will probably never do an embedded system again. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Handyboard Community, Has anyone written code for the GP2D02 sensor without the expansion board. I have a group of High school kids that have KISS institute robot kits. This kit comes with a handyboard and LEGO's but no expansion board. Being on a (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) I highly recommend TextPad (www.textpad.com). I use it for writing all my C, Java and HTML code. It allows you complete control over formatting (auto-indent, tabs to spaces, etc.) and a multitude of useful tools, including parenthesis (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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