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Everything I've ever seen mentioning DOF refers to absolute reference points (a focus, if you will, or origin) that the range is controlled by. In terms of articuation, each DOF corresponds to a joint, which is a fixed focus point that the range (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: articulation points?
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(...) However, a device is made up of several objects. Each component, if treated separately, has six degrees of freedom. Thus each component of, for example, the human arm (reduced to an upper arm, lower arm, and hand) has 6 DOF, for a total of 18. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: articulation points?
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(...) Oh? Hmmm...do tell. (...) Right! I see. In my own way I work around certain "movements" or joints by making two separete joints cover the same envelope or Area or Control. I mean in that, for example. The Arms of my Super Mech-Bot don't have (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS 1.5 $99
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"Jeroen Stap" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:012501c29015$0d...ntiumIV... (...) You should check BrickLink in a couple weeks.... that is if you don't mind paying for shipping costs. I would be happy to buy a couple extra if there (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Pedant's corner: This reminds me of an argument I've had several times, and to be honest have yet to come to a definitive answer. The maximum number of degrees of freedom an object can have in three dimensional space is six; translation in the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickOS & Cygwin
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(...) You bet. I've fixed this in CVS so it will be in our next test release. Thanks for reporting it. (This is why we do test releases ;-) Regards, Stephen -- Stephen M. Moraco stephen@debian.org (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Gigamesh has experienced exploratory surgery: (URL) a bunch of pictures right now, but better than nothing. The whole endeavor was spawned from the insane idea of using a DV camcorder to take the pictures because I can't seem to hold still with a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Legway <-> Segway ??
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Well, I'd like to think Dean Kamen copied my idea, and converted into a life size model which he sells and I make lots of money for each one he sells... But that's not the case. LegWay is only about 1 month old, while Segway is > 1 month old. LegWay (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS 1.5 $99
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Thank you Richard. This tidbit of information just put $20 in my pocket. I called eToys / KBtoys and mentioned this price difference, and received a credit. No questions, no hassle, no nonsense. My appreciation and thanks goes to eToys for their (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Too bad they don't do international shipping, I would have loved to buy several of them and send them to Holland... :-( Jeroen (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can anybody make it clear for me; what came first? The Legway or the Segway ? For those who don't know what I'm talking about: Legway -> (URL) -> (URL) looks funny. The Segway is too expensive for me, at this time... Legway looks more like something (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Use the coupon code SEARSTOYS and get $10 off that. Plus they have FREE shipping, so the total cost comes to $90 shipped! Now you can truly enjoy! Ram (who bought one) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) How can they *not* ship to Canada? I was going to buy a few, but no Canadian orders... Oh well. Dave K (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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RIS 1.5 is $99 at KBtoys.com. I've never seen them that cheap! Enjoy! (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.6.5 - BrickOS support
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(...) <snip> How does the Spybotics book look? Is it as you hoped? I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a copy--may have to drive to Owen Sound just so I can see it! No SCUBA diving in November, probably not too much in Dec. either--maybe next (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | RE: BricxCC release 3.3.6.5 - BrickOS support
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Steve, Would you be interested in posting some of this code? My new SPybotics book has a companion website, but it's kinda oriented towards kids (the book, that is) The site will have stuff for kids but I'd like to have some examples and support for (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I've downloaded and installed test release 09. Once again things worked very well. But there is one definite problem with this release (as well as 08) when running under Cygwin. In Makefile.Common the lines ifdef BUILDING_HOST_UTILS # ---...--- # (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Lego appearson TechTV
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Cool!! I'll make a note to check the listings every few days. You ARE going to wear a LUGNet T-Shirt, aren't you? James (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Darn, I missed that one. Yes, it is the LegWay. Oh, wait. There was a mix-up with the travel plans, and it was re-scheduled for Dec 20th. I wasn't going to say anything, until I actually went out to film it. Trust me, I'll let you know when it's (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.6.5 - BrickOS support
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My Spybot can follow a line, and flash pretty lights, thanks to BricxCC & NQC. It was quite easy to do. Next, I'll be turning it into a super-heavyweight sumo bot... Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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