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How about Solar powered? (URL) the bottom of the page. -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3C2BB0AB.17BC05...ail.net... (...) the (...) from (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hmmm - yes - that might actually work...although now you'd have the RCX's power going out to the rails - so you can't run two such robots at the same time. :-( ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- Mail : <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkMail: (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ...what license? There is no license on a box of Lego bricks? Perhaps the Lego *software* - but you don't have to use that. Use LegOS and GNU C++ if you are concerned about that. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- Mail : <sjbaker1@airmail.net> (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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It seems that when a client of lnpd sends data to the IR tower, these are not sent to the other clients connected to the daemon. Unfortunately, I really need this feature... So I tried to call "deliver_packet(tx_buffer, tx_end-tx_buffer);" in (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Based on my reading of the license agreement we agree to in using Legos products, they claim ALL rights to anything derived from the use of the software or products and anything developed can have NO COMMERCIAL IMPLICATIONS. For this reason I have (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yup, that would work too. Sometimes good deals can be had on these if you keep your eyes open. Especially on the blue ones if you're not fussy about color. (...) That seems to work a lot better for picking motion up from the rails than for (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.robotics, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Why not use the old 4.5volt rails? (Presuming Steve has or can get some...) Or, as for driving it, could the setup from the 4533 'track snow remover' (URL) used by driving the middle axle? I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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(...) No problem, then. (that wasn't what you asked at first, you complained that the train motor took power from the track...) In that case just put *no* power on the rails (that is, run on some track not connected to any power) and feed one of the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lego (...) Isn't that the seme thing? If you modify the train motor to accept power from the RCX, you have wheels that roll nicely on the train track. Anyway, have you tried the small yellow/white wheels that come with the solid rubber tires? (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't mind that the RCX is battery powered - I want to make a robot that happens to run on rails rather than some long running train that happens to have an RCX onboard. I don't really want to use the train motor at all (modified or not). (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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