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Hi, On Saturday January 28th I will be having a local showing of some of my MOCs at the Owatonna (indian name pronounced Oh-wah-tah-na) Arts Center in Owatonna Minnesota. I will be bringing mostly walkers made using RCX, micro-scouts, micro-motors, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Who says? "June" is not "soon", IMHO. So I think it's slipping forward! Here's one possibility- They were already planning to ship 100 in February. When they saw the enormous response to that program, they're changing their tune- they are (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This morning it said June 19th. Now, it just says "Coming soon". The release date is slipping... :) Steve (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi John, Obviously now it doesn't say "June 19th", but yesterday when I added NXT to my shop at home wish list, it did. Someone changed it. Kev (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Someone said they expected the release to fall back to Christmas. I would expect the release to fall from June to August. However, in this case, John and I don't know any more than anyone else... Steve (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) John, I saw that too when someone responded to my thread and was confused as well. The reports I have been reading from CES have all said an August ship date. Perhaps, with all the enthusiasm generated by the Developer's Program, LEGO has (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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(...) Those wheels would also be good choices, and they may be better choices than the ones from 8466. However I don't think the wheels from 8466 are TOO heavy. See Steve's post here (URL) here's a link to David Koudys' page where he dropped the RC (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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Wow, that sounds like a nice bit of building there. And while sick to boot! My creations while sick usually don't come out so well because I find it hard to concentrate and build good, solid, well thought out structures. I'll admit to not having (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NXT release date.
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It currently says June? (URL) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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(...) Rafe - you could have replaced that whole paragraph with a simple sentence: "I would build GBC modules." :) Bryan (20 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What to do if not selected for the NXT Developer's Program?
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(...) Hey, that's the day after my birthday... :) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi John (...) I think those wheels are too heavy, they require so much torque to move that the axles are at their limit. I'd rather use the narrow motorcycle wheels, or somewhat smaller ones, for example those from 4404. Jürgen (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve, Is that the hitechnic compass? How well does it work for you? -dbm (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What to do if not selected for the NXT Developer's Program?
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(...) JUNE 19th!? That's almost as stunning to hear as the announcement of NXT itself. When they originally said August, I added on the normal consumer-electronics company "oops factor" and arrived at the conclusion that we'd be lucky to see any (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why java (or other langs) for Robots
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(...) .. (...) heh, I'll keep trying. (...) Well I agree halfway. Small interpreter kernels like Lua can fit easily into the 256K flash. The programs themselves are typically very compact. The really scarce resource will be RAM -- 64K is quite (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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John, I got to thinking about recent threads about NXT being studless, and since I'm off work sick (uggh, in between naps, I lashed together a new chassis (for DPRG club contests) trying to use small studded beams and studless beams using studless (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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Steve, that is a fine looking robot. How well does it do in grass? It almost looks like it would float :) (...) (URL) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes wrote: -snip- (...) You're right, I think that is the larger problem, but not one that can't be reduced and/or compensated for. The good part is the more satellites the GPS receiver tracks & uses in its calculations, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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(...) Ah, OK - you're correct, the unavalibility of a supported environment *IS* a very good reason :-). Actually, I was in a similar situation with getting into Mindstorms initally, as all I had was a Mac. Then, somebody mentioned there was a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
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(...) I bought the 4x4 Off-roader just to get these wheels ('course, after I built it, I've never had the heart to rip it down - that's a beautiful model). I always wanted to use them in a MER un-sprung suspension type vehicle (what got me back into (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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