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There are other models of pneumatic LEGO hexapods on the web already that use linkage for the foward/reverse motion as well as a single large cylinder for each legs vertical motion. (2 URLs) a couple nice examples which inspired me to build this (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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(...) I won't take that personally :) I think we've been spoiled by Matt's 1600x1280 digital camera. KL (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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Some of the Star Wars scenes make great desktop backgrounds too! Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Loch Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:07 PM To: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Book example code
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The example code from _The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots_ is available online: (URL) includes RCX Code files, NQC source files, pbFORTH source files, legOS C source files (0.1.7, not 0.2.0a), and even a MS Word document with VBA macros (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | What's new in RIS 1.5 software?
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I have heard that the development software that comes with RIS 1.5 has been updated and improved but I haven't seen specifics. Can anyone share what they know about what is new? The things I would like to know are: 1. Is the software faster? (click, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) Hi, I don't see this as a matter of choice. It really depends on what you want to do with your robots. NQC programs are executed directly on the RCX and needs no communication with the PC, whereas programs written in VB using SPIRIT.OCX are (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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I know most lego alternative SW seems to be Open Source, but please don't flame me for asking this question - ImageCraft is a company that provides low cost C compilers for 8/16 bit microcontrollers such as Atmel AVR, Moto HC11/12/16. While not Free (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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(...) Thanks! The only things off screen are the battery box and compressor. If you look at the picture of the underside you can see the two switches and cylinders that control the stepping motion. (URL) is the LEGO compressor I use with it most of (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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Hi Rick..and everybody else :) A few people mailed me regarding the scans - well I got around doing them all - yep the new Constructopedia is over 100 pages big - so take a look here - but be quick I'll have to take them down by Sunday or Monday (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Double echo
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Hi Ralph, (...) Yes, it works. After fighting for a while with Cygwin32 + binutils (it's still present a bug in linker configuration), finally I got the development environment. Your makefile works fine so it was very easy to get pbFORTH compiled. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Book example code
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I was looking for those files last night! Great book Jonathan... Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Jonathan Knudsen Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:34 PM To: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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If the last link shouldn't work - try this: (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) Hi, Don't miss the opportunity to learn Forth! It's unique environment, it's just another world. :) Here is a history of Forth: (URL) Sergey Udovenko (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | controlling RCX from PC?!
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all, i have a little program that controls the RCX from the PC. i know other people here have done that, so... my major problem is that signal round trip time is very high - it takes about 200 - 250 ms to send ONE command to the RCX (waiting for the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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In a message dated 10/26/1999 2:54:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gasperi@alynk.com writes: << Yea, but they want something like $150 compared to $200 for a RCX and a whole lot of parts with the RIS. >> Wrong.....$120 and that is the same price as (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR remote using PIC16F84
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Hi Juha, There's information on cracking the Cybermaster protocol on my website including links to others who done the same for the Mindstom. CU Bert Lego robots and artificial intelligence (URL) bericht----- Van: Niinikoski Juha (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.0a multi-threading problem
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Hi, yes, currently, you'll have to make main() your first function. version 0.2.1 will support arbitrary starting offsets. could you report about the stability of repeated program runs? if this works fine, I'll change the ON/OFF behaviour to (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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(...) native H8 machine code, and that doesn't require a huge investment in time and disk space to install and configure. As I see it, there are already many development systems out there for free that are this simple to install and use, as long as (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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Probably the first step would be to monitor the data sent from the mouse to the computer. I mean, if it is decoded by the driver or some other file, and it cannot be understood, then this project would instantly turn a lot harder. (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: controlling RCX from PC?!
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(...) This isn't a fix for the slow speed you're noticing, but: what about programming the RCX to take care of the low-level moving around -- the basic motion and testing of sensors -- and then just sending higher-level commands from your program. (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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