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Re: Lego Blimp Project
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 4 May 2000 18:33:08 GMT
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James Stanton <(jbs@parsons.edu)ihatespam()>
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That is something that we have been thinking about. We are trying to come
up with a "poetic" solution where multiple users would have a group
control. You know, if the majority wants to go left then it will go left
kind of thing.
Or we could make a sign-up sheet giving each user sole control for a
period of time. Being that this is a grad school project we are leaving
for the summer. A few of us are going to work on a web remote control page
under a highly controlled environment. That way we'll have
something to work with in the fall.
On Wed, 3 May 2000, Dean Husby wrote:
> James Stanton wrote:
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> > We were thinking of using a railroad track. Fortunately we can punch many
> > holes into the ceiling being that it is a gallery space. Our project
> > sounds similar to yours. THe basic idea is a dynamic web-presence for the
> > exhibition going on below the robot.
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> I'd love to hear how you are dealing with the interface on the Internet. If your
> allowing users to control it. I've been having a hard time getting something to
> work where multiple users would not make it just 'buzz' on the spot from getting
> all sorts of commands...
>
> Dean
> --
> Coin-Op's For Sale!: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/coin-op.html
> Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html
> Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc
>
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| (...) The best solution that I've come up with so far is to have a VOTE system. The user would click on the map of where they wanted it to go. (What station) and what direction the camera is to face. Then another task checks the vote every x minutes (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I'd love to hear how you are dealing with the interface on the Internet. If your allowing users to control it. I've been having a hard time getting something to work where multiple users would not make it just 'buzz' on the spot from getting (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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