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(...) Um.. pictures? ~M (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.castle, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun)
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(...) They musta decided since it was on the news, it was important...5th place to 1st place in 10 hours. :-) -Chris (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.castle, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun)
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(...) (URL) Dave! (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.castle, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun)
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The following are Java classes that use the Communications API to talk to the RCX: (URL) you're interested in programming the RCX in Java, try the alpha release of leJOS: (URL) might also check out the cross-platform edition of TinyVM, which is the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already changed. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.castle, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun)
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Hi Juergen, (...) I realize that I am using two lights where I only need one. Its just simplest to connect both lights to one sensor. I think I came up with a scheme to use only one light, but the wiring was somewhat convaluted. (You want the light (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There are the Cybermaster touch sensors with resistors, but that's a rather expensive solution. (...) Your idea is both simple and great and I just wonder why nobody thought of it before. So how to get more lights? I just have one from the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi list, because of the ongoing post about webrobots: i put together a simple perl server (on linux) which is listening on a port to special commands - i post this to give an alternative to the windows webrobot. i m a bad perl coder but it is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've been tempted to saw off the axle part of a Technic engine crankshaft ((URL) get a very small cam that is ideal for pushing a touch sensor on rotation. Using the whole part is bulky and not very stable, because you can't push the axle (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi! I'm looking for Java sources to communicate with RCX from my PC. Could you help me? Gawel (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here is a shot through the robot's camera. I just added a Lego gauge. The little gauge is fun, but it times out to sleep. It has a lot of functions... a few more might be fun. (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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That is a neat idea! (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Wow what a great idea! thank-you! Why didn't I think of that? I almost got my dad to bring me back a cybermaster from europe to get those resistor touch sensors. Now I'll have to try this first. Phil :-) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi everyone, I was trying to figure out a way to distinguish between two touch sensors on the same port. I have seen a lot of examples on the Web of sensor multiplexers using resistors. Being somewhat of a purist, I wanted to do the same thing with (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Amnon Silverstein (07:05 PM 10.03.2000) wrote: >I have been told that Webcam32 can automatically fix the IP address on >the web page, but I have not looked into this. It works pretty well. What you do is put a copy of your web page locally on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Everything is battery powered, so it can run around loose. Unfortunatly, this means it can only stay alive for about an hour, and I can't just leave it online. The laptop is the main bottleneck. I have to turn off all power management or else the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was watching my local news, and a bit came on about a golf course made of Lego at ISU...so I did a search, and found: (URL) Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.castle, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun)
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haha. I'm new to Mindstorms and waaaaat older than your 9-yr old - I could use such a book with the topics mentioned! LOL. I've seen explanations/tips mentioned on various websites... Doug (...) Share information about yourself, create your own (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) KL (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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No wonder, I tried Spectrumed's website and found it to be useless, so I decided to avoid them. Anyone from the Seattle area? I'm from Vancouver, and is heading down to Seattle this weekend to pick up Mindstorms parts, any good shop I should check (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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