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I'd like to go on and on about it, but I haven't heard the official word yet as to what I should/could say and not say. The publisher is Addison Wesley Longman, and I'm really not positive when it will be out (don't know how long it takes for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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Being lazy, I was hoping that would be the case :-) When will it be out? Who's publishing? Thanks! -Peter "Ben Erwin" <ben@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:G1xADI.33s@lugnet.com... (...) late (...) books, (...) concepts (...) RCX (...) in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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I have just finished this EXACT book, so I'm sorry, but its a little too late to collaborate. :) And although the audience is broader than the other books, i certainly have not left adults out, as there are plenty of advanced concepts in the book as (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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I've also notice NQC codes are much smaller in comparision to RCX. I think the speed and size have to do with the fact that RCX are generated generic codes (very inefficient). (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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FYI - I found the following helpful site for Lego motor torque and rotation comparison: (URL) is Denis Cousineau's Technic Analysis (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Am I imagining things, or is NQC much faster than RCX Code when programmed to do similar tasks. As part of my ongoing NQC study, I replaced today a program I'd originally written with the drag-n-drop RCX Code generator, with one written in NQC. It's (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I haven't been able to find any... -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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(...) Are there any pictures? (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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Sniff... I was in that class. THe big clock tower is a replica of our Campinile. sniff...The teacher is a moron. I was having trouble so I looked stuff up online (and found this list) ans she got really really upset. The class is more about how to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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| | Re: Modifying parts; was RE: Two original Technic creations
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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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| | Re: A neat idea for touch sensors
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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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| | Iowa State students make a Lego golf course
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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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(...) I've used Spectrum Educational Supplies. I grabbed the dacta Pneumatic kit from them. The prices are a *lot* more reasonable than shop at home. Address: (URL) last time I ordered, you have to order by phone, as the web site is more just a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anyone know where I can get Pneumatic Piston in Canada? if not, any online shop I can get it from? Also, what are the sizes for the Pneumatic Piston? It is only one fix size? Many Thanks. (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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So, I've been coaching this FLL team for a while now, and also watching my 9 year old daughter's use of Mindstorms and Technic and a book idea has been forming in my head. I'm wondering if anyone else is already working on such a book, in which case (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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So, I've been coaching this FLL team for a while now, and also watching my 9 year old daughter's use of Mindstorms and Technic and a book idea has been forming in my head. I'm wondering if anyone else is already working on such a book, in which case (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Modifying parts; was RE: Two original Technic creations
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Ok, so us brick grinders can finally come out of the closet and admit our crimes without fear of retribution ... Here are a couple of basic categories to start with. 1. Addition of holes. I have added carefully placed holes in the sides of things (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: IR tower problem -working but still not
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sounds to me like you have a bad serial port on your computer, have you had the computer apart since this problem started? Did you perhaps bump a cable or connection. Borrow a laptop and try your cable and tower on it, maybe your plug and play (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Sharp GP2D05 Infrared Ranger and the RCX
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Hi, this seems to be a very good idea for a new RCX sensor. Reading the Sharp data sheets for their infrared distance sensors I want to write some facts about. They have 4 different sensors for measuring distances from 10 to 80 cm. The differences (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Oh, sorry that this wasn't posted to this list- I already posted a .pdf version to the legOS site, at (URL) If anyone here is interested in following legOS, I'd recommend following the lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos list- that's where this news was (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Roving Webcam Robot
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Here is me with my roving webcam bot. This weekend I made an improved version. I used WebCam32 for the webcam, my WebBrick program for robot control over IP, NQC code for motor control, IBM's cordless modem, a USB to serial converter to get the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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"Giacomo" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:NDBBIEKBGLHLJPC...bero.it... (...) correctly (...) I read Steve sugestions and they are great. So here comes another option: You can avoid the sync problem by avoiding the timing technique (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NJRC 2000 in Singapore
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Hi, educators This may be of interest to people who have to organise or prepare kids to take part in robotics competitions. The National Junior Robotics Competition (NJRC) 2000 which is in its 2nd year running, was held from 5-7 Sep in Singapore. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.sg, lugnet.edu)
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