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(...) Well with all this discussion I couldn't resist trying it myself! :-) If I understand the concept correctly, the front (single) wheel is driven thru a freely rotating turntable. When the front wheel stalls due to the robot hitting something in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve (...) Hmmm. If it's a single wheel then why whould it prefer a straight line? Why did you abandon two wheels? (...) I bet their drive-trains are a lot more efficient. Frictional losses in Lego gears and axles are high. I've never seen one with (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Scott, it's the same. I reformatted it to get it better readable. I wanted to understand what the author did in his programming. Ralf Am 2002-10-29 4:39 Uhr schrieb "Scott Davis" unter <rcx2man@hotmail.com>: (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does someone can compile source under Windows ? There is a new website for this project !! The server is available 24/24 .... nanobapt.freelug.org thanks to freelug man :) nanobapt Le Lundi 28 Octobre 2002 01:37, JLB a écrit : (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just found this in the sample programs that came with IC 4.01. Will this work? Scott /* COMMUNICATION */ void IRLong(){ /* Long range IR*/ callml(0,0x11); } void IRShort(){ /* short range IR */ callml(0,0x12); } void disableirpackets(){ /* (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Speaking of re-writing the LegWay code, I am getting very close to completing my Pascal translation of the brickOS headers. I re-wrote the LegWay code in Pascal and it compiles but there are still a few problems to be worked out. I've got the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I am trying to design a robot that can follow a course using compass settings. Example go north while going around obstacles. Compasses aren't accurate enough. Could gyroscopes work? ___...___ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Chris (...) The majority of toys I've seen are labelled as "Mystery Bump And Go Action". But that seems an unlikely phrase to search for. Peter (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There was a recent thread on this - hacking an optical mouse as a position sensor, should be a lot of info in the archives. Bruce ------- WWW.SYSTRONIX.COM ---...--- Real embedded Java and much more High speed 8051 systems +1-801-534-1017 Salt (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello all, I am researching a positioning system using an optical mouse. I mean the mouse is attached to the base of the robot and the whole area is mapped. I want to get position coordinates from the optical mouse as the robot moves. any ideas how (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) From what I've seen (people running such tests) I believe the standard firmware requires about 3ms to execute a command, while the BrickOS 'firmware' will execute around 33 commands/ms (about 100 times faster). I also want to try re-writing (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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On the subject of IC4.01, does anyone know what the relative performance (speed) is between, say, the standard RCX 2.0 firmware, IC4 firmware, and say brickOS code? I thought I'd try rewriting Steve's Legway program in IC4 but perhaps it really (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Scott, downloading firmware and programs are done automaticly with own menu choices with the rcx. Or do you want to communicate with two rcx? Ralf Am 2002-10-28 2:09 Uhr schrieb "Scott Davis" unter <rcx2man@hotmail.com>: (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Scott, if you want to communicate with two rcx the following could help. I could not test the functions yet but it seems be what you asked for. Perhaps you could answer if you tried it ... Ralf ---...--- snip ---...--- //===...=== // // (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As far as I know, The IR stuff available for IC4 is in the 'RCX advanced library'(rcxextra.ic). So you should check this out. it isn't much, but all the basics are there. I had some ideas for some more advanced networking, based on these (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Try BrickLink: (URL) Doucette. (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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How do you send IR with IC? Can it even be done? thanks Scott (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) hello, Do you need some place on a web server connected 24/24 & 7/7 ? i can host your project on my server (which hosts freelug : (URL) If you need it and are interested, just contact me by email (jlb@freelug.org) bye, (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi All: We would like to trade Robot stuff in Vietnam, since we don't have any people to do this biz Any contact, advices would be greatly appreciated. Many thank s in advance Best regards, Ton-That Tai VietCAD 181 Nguyen Van Troi, Phu Nhuan, HCMC (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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