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"Michael Wisse" <mwisse@hs-harz.de> wrote in message news:40065F0D.70202@...harz.de... (...) a (...) Check out (URL) the "Peeves" Mindstorms robot. If page is not accessible then just do a search on "peeves mindstorm lego" and you'll probably find (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) No, but NASA let LEGO name them (sort of). (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Robert, thanks for your response. Indeed, the main problem seems to be slippage. The more speed the motors produce, the bigger the slippage is and the less is the resulting angle. Probably a tank is bad for odometric navigation. It is a pitty, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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I wonder how many Mindstorms have been sold? Assuming serial numbers (S/N) are assigned sequentially might give a good indication. I have a RCX 1.0 S/N 022751 purchased when Mindstorms first came out. And I have a a RCX 2.0 (S/N 591822) obtained (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: Where can I find Ultimate Builders Set?
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(...) they are both sold out! Thanks in advance, Ruth (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: Official: MINDSTORMS is not going away
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(...) Damn! So does Bionicles. They really need to learn to release this kind of information to the community sooner - but it's good that they finally acknowledged the need to make a clear statement. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Wasn't that because the Sojourner robot was out and about on Mars at about that time? I also had some vague recollection that someone involved in the NASA robot had worked on Mindstorms....I could be wrong about that part though. (...) Well, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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 | | Re: Uhmm... coincidence, or no?
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Would you like your tin foil hat now? :p Seriously, it would be neat if everything tied in intentionally. (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Uhmm... coincidence, or no?
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LEGO came out with a a Mindstorms set called "Exploration Mars" the same year that Mindstorms itself came out. Lego Mindstorms' ActiveX control is called SPIRIT.OCX. NASA's latest Mars rover is named Spirit. Does anyone else find this to be a freaky (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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