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| I have updated my website with a presentation of the new Power Functions system, including: # Overview of Power Functions range # Description of working # Comparison with older 9V mini-motors # LDraw and LeoCAD part files (URL) motors comparison (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | Re: The Future of Trains
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| (...) I believe the options being discussed were in relation to the use of non-metal track, which is all that will be produced by LEGO in the foreseeable future. ROSCO (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: The Future of Trains
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| (...) Oh, for shame, Brian. Letting me think up an option that you passed right over (and a really cool one at that). With the legacy converter cables, you could power the _track_ with an NXT. Hook the track up as if it was a motor, using the (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: The Future of Trains
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| (...) Not exactly, that I know of, *yet*... The biggest problem in running a train would be hiding the NXT - I saw only one good solution to hiding the RCX in a boxcar, and the NXT is bigger, as are the motors. You could use an old motor (or even a (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: The Future of Trains
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| In lugnet.lego, Scott Wardlaw wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Has anyone adapted two NXT units to drive a train yet? One NXT as a controller talks bluetooth to the other NXT that drives the train. The NXT that drives the train could be either attached to (...) (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: Wonderful design tidbits PDF - anybody else impressed?
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| (...) Don't let Brian's and Philo's understatements lead you to believe that this book, a collection of hundreds of ultra-high quality photos arranged in a stunningly simple succession of nearly uniform page layouts, is anything but the finest (...) (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: Wonderful design tidbits PDF - anybody else impressed?
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| (...) I am impressed. This "book" is simply delightful. Many useful tips, wonderful presentation... Highly recommanded! Philo (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | RoboFest Hawaii
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| The Second Annual RoboFest Hawaii robotics competition and engineering fair will be held on Saturday, November 17 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the University of Hawaii at Hilo Gym. RoboFest Hawaii is a high-technology and engineering fair thinly (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: Cirque des Sciences
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| (...) (17 years ago, 29-Sep-07, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | STriDER 2.0 -- tripedal robot
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| This robot walks on three legs, but not in the way you'd expect: (URL) (17 years ago, 25-Sep-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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