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(...) Maybe we are at cross purposes here. You may be right, that for many hobbyists, Java is too advanced and complex, and since their needs are simpler, C is more than enough. Ease of use and low cost is probably more important than computing (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why Java for Robots (was NXT and bluetooth enabled phones)
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(...) Why do you say that? I thought we were discussing Java on robotics. You said Java for small robots was not practical. I presented our system as but one implementation which works. (...) That's the total *available* memory. The JVM is in (...) (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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(...) ... (...) The 3-level concept as traditionally taught doesn't really say #2 is 'subsumption' -- that's my perception of it. Here's an example of typical course material: (URL) was just making a rough analogy to your "3 levels of robotics (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yeah, I can understand though I still contend 100 is too small darn it! But your point is well understood (especially by me who has dealt with countless examples of this scenario). (...) Its fantastic no doubt! Very rarely do you find such a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I suspect that the logistics is a big issue. I am a debugger for a living, and know how to report the information that is critical to a bug. As a developer (of LPub and LSynth for example). Most of the bugs reported to me are extremely vague (...) (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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(...) I agree. Simply put, more types of parts to work with increases the realm of possibility. Kev (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Bruce (...) Ermm. How much does a NXT have? No doubt you think that everyone should buy one of your systems but far more NXTs will be sold. Lookng at the posts on other robotics newsgroups, I reckon that over 90% of home-made robots do not have (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dan (...) (at (...) Wow, that's nice to hear. Brooke's philosopy deals very neatly with levels 1 and 2 but how do CMU say we should integrate the high-level stuff into it? That has always been my difficulty with subsumption architecture. It's fine (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Even though I do wish all of the above conjecture was true, I think it might be just a slip on the LEGO SHOP website. I agree that the August date was probably chosen to be inline with the next school year and that there is a strong (...) (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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(...) I don't think it requires less creativity, but I do think it reduces the creative possibilities for those that don't already have a collection of studded technic bricks. There are some things that studless just doesn't do very well, and having (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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