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(...) One thing that's thrown me in the past is that the big blue brick and the big yellow brick (The Scout and RCX respectively) are not quite the same height and have totally different mounting holes. Whilst it's generally possible to adapt Scout (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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My 0.00000250 Ton LEGO Injection-Molding Factory can be seen at (URL) Navigate to the section: "Inj. Molding Factory". It consists of a Mold Press, with a motorized screw, barrel heaters, a pneumatic ram; also a 4-cavity mold with a manifold heater (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Greetings, Julie! IMHO you're perfectly safe in putting them under the tree! To be honest, "RIS required" seems pretty far-fetched of LEGO... I believe the software on the CDROM only provides building instructions (and may integrate with RIS is some (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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He can of course use the regular old lego parts from the kit to build things (robotic or otherwise). As far as the Mindstorm specific stuff he will probably find that less useful with the Scout. DISCLAIMER: I don't remember the exact part list for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Feeling quite ignorant here...last year I bought my son 9735 Robotics Discovery Set for Christmas. This year, since I just can't let cheap Lego sit on a shelf ;-) I picked up 9730 RoboSports,9732 Extreme Creatures and 9736 Exploration Mars. Those (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thank you for these posts! This idea of creating a table of arctangents is just what I need. I'll let everyone know how it works after I redesign the racer. (The prototype, designed for speed, experienced a significant mechanical shock when it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) That's right, its a tower, three bricks wide. The bricks are rectangular, three to a layer, each layer is orientated 90 degrees to the one before. (...) It's not really like the tower's of hanoi as the bricks you remove have other bricks (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I would be very interested. Let me know if you need help. :) Q (...) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see (URL) PGP SIGNATURE----- (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steven Lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GoBD4y.F5t@lugnet.com... (...) could (...) required (...) in (...) I (...) and (...) That is such a clever idea. Wow... I love it! I can't quite remember how to play Jenga. Do the players (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Wouldn't it be cool if someone built a robot (Lego or otherwise) that could play Jenga. It would need sensetive devices to determine the force required to withdraw a block. It would then have to build up a model of the tower in memory to enable it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Richard, No, NQC does not implement any of the trig functions. However, you can do it yourself. The idea is to use a second order polynomial to approximate the sine function. You can get pretty good accuracy (within about 5%) if you break up the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I've posted a new version of Robot Controller ---the ideal companion to NQC for Mac OS X users--- with improved error handling. Also a better web page explaining how to use it. Download from: (URL) the way, has anyone tried it? It would be nice to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Greets, Dave Could you share with me where you picked up your VC for $30 Cdn? Much thanks! Cheers, Carl Jagt (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sound like a great idea and would get a lot of "users"(if it´s free!). It would demand quite an effort, especially for one person, but if you think it´s worth the time I believe it will be a succés! Perhaps I and others could contribute with (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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OOPS! Sorry bout that. Did not realize that there is a dedicated NG to VC. Dave (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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This may have already been addressed at some point. Could not pass up on a good deal and picked up the Vision Command for $30 CAD. I had read on this NG before that there may have been issues with how this camera worked under Win2K and as a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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We've finally gotten it together! Here is a link to information about the first meeting, to be held January 26 in Norfolk, Virginia! (URL) club will feature design challenges, discussion groups, MOC displays, and in-meeting building! See you there! (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.va.nor, lugnet.loc.us.va.new, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics)
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"Don Wilcher" <mrdon219@aol.com> wrote in message news:GoA9FH.J74@lugnet.com... (...) Robotics? (...) interfacing, (...) robots. The (...) novice, (...) If (...) Free (I'm in) or paid subscription (I'm out)? -Rob Doucette. (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Sure! Thanks for your efforts. You're pretty much assured that a Mindstormer has web access. No doubt there will be a good audience for the e-zine. One thing that I've missed since the Lego Mindstorms web site quit doing them are the challenges. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in an E-Zine on LEGO Robotics? This publication would have techniques on hardware and software interfacing, using MLCAD, design and programming methods for building Mindstorms robots. The (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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