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I'm constructing an oval track on a 4X8 sheet of plywood with a different grey tone for the inside and outside of the track. I will experiment with tones and thickness. There will be a "barcode" to indicate upcomming corners, this will act as a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) does not refill their own cartridges. Paper won't (...) Partially why it is expensive. The fact that it is easily damaged makes maintennance that much more expensive. Not to mention constant replacing of paper track would eat up valuable event (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Steve and everyone else, I'm working on a Lugnet page with more information on my helicopter but in the mean time, here are the photos: (URL) you can see, I use a low-torque, hi-rpm motor with a non-lego rotor. The rotor, by the way, came from a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Nope, not the case. I never installed the SDK until I went to do this, and I let it take all the defaults. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:30 PM (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Or 4 hand pumps, like I used to power my v4 engine: (URL) H Nielsen (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) This makes robots have to depend much more on dead-reckoning. If you are steering (say) 10% too much - then that error will build up without limit. You'd come out of a 90 degree turn with a 9 degree error - but unless you have two light (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I did a little more poking around and found out the reg.bat file in the SDK Bin directory is supposed to register the COM server vpbcom.dll. The batch file assumes the Windows install directory is "\windows\..." which could be bad if you installed (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) > stay down unless taped, and it could be torn easily with a brick corner during a crash. I guess so - but it's easily repaired and highly reproducible. (...) > and paint are cheap and universally available. They are pretty easy to line up (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) [cut & pasted] (...) from - (...) [here it is] (...) port? (...) current (...) A 4-diode rectifier bridge converts AC to DC (and will sort out polarity problems), but it's not constant voltage DC (it's both halves of the AC sine wave above the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Even two A4 sheets would make for rather tight turns if it's going to fit together like a jigsaw. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage : (URL) : (4 URLs) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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In case you haven't fixed your problem yet... Make sure you haven't moved or renamed any of the directories created after installing the SDK. Apparently, some COM objects get registered at install time and will fail to load if the directory (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ensure the red, green and blue would look like different shades to the Lego light sensor. I think this would be easier to achieve (and therefore more reproducible) with shades of grey. Not that it matters much, calibration wouldn't be that (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Guys , Just to let you know that the AC Power Adapter that LEGO supplies has an AC output voltage. You can even get 5mm plug and attach it to a 9V battery clip and use a standard 9V battery to power the RCX. It won't last long but it is a way to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (...) I'm not sure, but it does have a voltage regulator, and I've *heard* it works even with AC. (BTW, a rectifier meaning a single diode blocks current going the wrong direction. A 4-diode rectifier (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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BricxCC version 3.3.6.6 is now available. This release enhances the support for brickOS introduced in the previous release. 1. brickOS programs comprised of multiple files residing in the same directory can now be compiled. See View/Project Manager (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I don't know what might have gone wrong for you, but I have not had any problems with the DIY Spybotics SDK under W2K. I would double check that you followed the instructions precisely. In theory a new SDK with Spybotics support should be (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here is a drawing of what I was thinking of: (URL) the layout on paper would be expensive for a home user that does not refill their own cartridges. Paper won't stay down unless taped, and it could be torn easily with a brick corner during a crash. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Steve, I saw these site before, it´s a nice job but the described algorithm is based more on "edge following" than on "line following". For this kind of algorithm the best solution would be a grayscale track such as the "Nascar racers" (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Now, I remember what I did. I spend the weekend fighting with the install for BrickOS, and I got both these errors (makedepend & font...) because at some point in my messing, I skipped the makedepend and went on. I just need to do this (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I've never needed to do a make depend to get brickOS to function properly on my machine. I still don't have makedepend installed and everything is working fine. John Hansen (23 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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