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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3CEAAE66.783CD4...ail.net... (...) rotations (...) Ok... I didn't have any rotation sensors - but now I've bought two from bricklink - that is probably cheaper and easier than buying (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Can you type "nqc" and check to see what version number it prints out? I've double-checked the source code, and it should say "Could not open serial port or USB device". Is it possible there are multiple versions of NQC and your command path (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It somewhat depends on how rapidly the tilt can change - and whether you intend to try to keep the robot level or just to know how much it's tilted by. For relatively slow rotation speeds, you can use a pendulum with a rotation sensor at the (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Anybody remember scaleictric controllers? They had a copper coil to control the speed of the cars, as the trigger was pressed it would move the bar(in power) thru the coil and voltage would increase. This could be an easy and safe way! Rob (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) links (...) up. I used that in my beginning research on what has been done with Lego legs. :D I actually was going to it Friday, but Geocities was down all weekend. Saw it yesterday though. (...) (URL) built that leg over the weekend too, but (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Robolab 2.5 friends, I posted an update to the recent page (URL) There was still a small bug in one file. But I also would like to announce that the original Robolab 2.5 Fill_remote_container.vi has a bad bug. In fact the transmission does not (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all. Suz just sent me a request for an addition to the LUGNET FAQ, which I added here: (URL) in general, the 'Robotics' section of the FAQ is pretty sparse. Since there are so many resources out there listed on the robotics home page: (URL) well (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Andy, 2 links for ya: (URL) - my collection of links to Lego Bipeds on the web. Although it seems many technicques have been tried succesfully, there are new ways coming out constantly. I try to keep up. For bipedal legs, try Leo's Lego: (URL) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I started this project because I like pbForth, but having no previous experience about coding in Forth I felt the need of a comfortable environment where to test and debug my programs. I know that a good factored Forth code needs little if any (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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How about using an free-moving arm in a plane parallel to the "floor"? (i.e. - like an analog wall clock placed face-up on a table) If the arm had a some weight and a wheel on one end and a shaft for a fulcrum on the other end, the position of the (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Perhaps you want to take a look at this: (URL) Till (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was wondering if anyone knew of any extremely cheap and easy way of making a tilt sensor - that preferably doesn't involve transistors, etc. The best I can come up with are some mercury tilt switches with some resistors - so that a single input (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If you know someone with a Palm device, you can play around with an emulation of the lego remote control like e.g. RMover or my PBrickLib ((URL) Till (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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The 3 buttons marked [1], [2] and [3] send the respective Message() i.e. When pressing button [1] it sends a Message(1) and so forth up to button [3] that sends a Message(3). The [A], [B] and [C] mimic the function possible on the RCX itself, by (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Brian Smither" <bsmitherINVALID@INV...tlink.net> : (...) Sorry for that. I have typed all the code used in the book into BricxCC, and every program or code snippet has been compiled and checked before being pasted into the book. However, seems (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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The problem I see is that you don't have anything that is regulating the outtake from the motor so you may burn of the thin threads inside. (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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I was reading stuff about the Microscout that said it's light sensor would not pick up IR light; however, I decided to try it out for myself. Using mode 3 (as the easiest one to check), I started it running, and then pointed the remote from my DVD (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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Thank you, kind sir, for that small but important lesson in C programming. That was the problem. (And, for everyone's information - FEI - Ferrari's book also has Main() capitalized.) Trevyn Watson <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) The code on page 107 has "main()" capitalized (i.e., "Main()") and it shouldn't. The error I get is "task 'main' not defined". I'm relatively certain it is a capitalization problem. John Hansen (URL) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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