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I caught the show last night also. It's really worth watching. You can check at www.pbs.org for a brief summary and check the next showtime in your area. -Kathy (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) I think you should look at a design in which each steering wheel's pivot axis is NOT in the same plane as the steering wheel's axle. Specifically, each wheel's axle should be behind its pivot axis, where "behind" is referenced in terms of the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Rob, I also would lile to see a hook-up for both sensors. Has any one sucessfully completed the task? Thanks Terry -----Original Message----- From: TH0RMAN23@aol.com <TH0RMAN23@aol.com> To: handyboard@media.mit.edu <handyboard@media.mit.edu> (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) On the other hand, specialized parts available directly from the company would require only logistical shifts--but then again, an inertia-laden Corporation might find logistical shifts impossible. (...) I'm impressed. I think this is the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) <plant tongue in cheek> Bicycles also implement an "active buck" mode of Darwinian selection. If you ride your bicycle in hands-off mode and tilt the bicycle slightly by shifting your centre of gravity, the wheel will turn. Outside of the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You should also have a category named "nature". Play well! Marcus Fischer Mellbin --- Marcus Fischer Mellbin E-mail: marcus no-spam-at fischer-mellbin.com (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For example if your RCXs are facing opposite direction or if there is a door between them, etc. etc. In such case a wire would be better than IR. Ciao. Marco. (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi, since so many people responded and many of you have asked for a pre-release version, I've decided to release a version of the Palm Pilot remote as it stands right now. This program does *not* use the built-in IR port of the Palm. You must attach (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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the lego 9v active sensors (i.e., rotation and light) require a pulsed 9v drive & appropriate drivers. the circuit and drivers are part of the HB Expansion Board. you could potentially adapt both to work w/o the exp bd. it's a 2 transistor ckt with (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) about the rumors of the service packs "PHASING OUT". Hopefully Ian is right and TLG is heading back to the old days. I will continue to hope that they are. Only time will tell......... (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Another case would be where you also want to use IR for doing radar. If you had IR messages bouncing around for both radar and communication, it might confuse the radar algorithm or generate incorrect readings. (You'd also have to reserve a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) it's called 'AIBO' lotsa info here. (URL) PR (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks for the tip! I do believe that will work. I'll let you know! --Doug Wilcox -----Original Message----- From: Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Date: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Great engineering humor. Thanks. Now, does this mean that when my first-ever RIS creation shook itself to pieces in <10 seconds I was actually utilizing evolutionary robotics? I never grew out of the "It's snowing!" excitement either. Of course, now (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: building a remote debugger for win32 -- need help
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(...) Yes I do have Vadim Gerasimov's code, Vadium was kind enough to send it to me. I had thus used it as a basis for my HB_Buffalo monitor download system. Yes, Vadim Gerasimov code, and mine, is written in Borland Delphi (Object Pascal), not in (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) That reminds me, I've collected a few Palm links over the past months, so I just created a little page for these: (URL) far as I know, there are at least 3 ways to use the Palm Pilot in connection with the RCX: 1. OmniRemote 2. Mike's program (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thank you! This is good news. --Jack Gregory ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Williamson <benw@pobox.com> To: J G Gregory <jgg@ultranet.com> Cc: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Need Balls! (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The Palm thing is pretty huge. I think they have around 80% of the handheld market. I wouldn't move it down a level. Mike (26 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In theory, patents are only allowed for inventions that are "novel and unique". This means that if someone trained in a given field, with access to all published literature and knowledge, when faced with the same problem could reasonably be (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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