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there are some fairly unique peices in that set that had me looking at it as well. so that makes two people who want opinions. _ b ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Why not post your python code to this ng. I'm in a heavy learning process on python right now and i thought of doing something similar. It would mean a great help for me. Thx Harry (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Go to the mindstorms aisle at eToys.com, they have both the RIS 1.5 and RIS 1.0 listed, and both are in stock. Great way to get an RIS with the power jack (and, more importantly IMHO, the "notch" that allows a LEGO wire to be conveniently routed (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I'm forwarding this from John Deters, who is currently waiting to be able to post to the newsgroup. Replies to jad@ANTISPAM.pclink.com please :-) ... Many years ago I wrote precisely such a program to solve the problem of selecting change gear (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Not really Mike. I gave them golden hardware quotes when they interviewed me but all they included was the software stuff... I guess it's more important anyways :-) Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You have a good point there, and like yourself, part of me is in agreement. Even with that, I think perhaps one of the most interesting things about a program like this would be seeing if it came up with anything unusual or non-obvious that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: CyberMaster online
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I've made a module in python which does essentially the same as send.c and which can easily be extended with more functionality. At this moment, the main functionality which is lacking is the upload of programs. If you're interested, I can mail it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, I think this is something you could divide into two parts: STEP 1: Find all combination of gears that'll produce a gear ratio within some user-specified range using less than some specified number of gear wheels. That's a simple problem (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, I happen to work for a company which is just about to market a product for dealing with constraints - and this seems as a nice problem for making a small demo this weekend. Fuzziness and perfection must wait, though. I will post an URL (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Along the same vein, i'm reverse engineering (slightly) the Tiger Electronics interactive Yoda doll that they relesed in june. If anyone has had related experiences, please contact me ASAP. I've done a few activities, like attaching a camera (for an (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 3 things: sensors, actuators/motors, controllers. Sensors: measure the environment actuators/motors: chance the environment controllers: input, output, software. If you want your zoo of bricks, it's really a set of sensor/controllers or (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can't agree with you here Jennifer. I mean, isn't this half the fun of technic building? Working out gear ratio's, how to fit them in your model, changing, compromising.... If you'd write a program like that, link it to some CAD application, and if (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wired Article Today
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"Vihung Marathe" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A084DBE.1FBBAD...the.net... (...) Geez, all anybody ever talks about is software. :-) Mike G. (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | CyberMaster online
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I made an attempt to put a CyberMaster online on my WebTruck site Using Perl on Win98 was harder than expected, I still am not able to read from the CyberMaster. I used RCXCC and NQC to write a small proggy for the cybermaster, and control it using (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [ANN] leJOS: Replacement firmware for the RCX
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-- MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Length: 653 (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I am sure lots of people will have seen this, but Wired has another article on Mindstorms at (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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The first beta release of leJOS is out at (URL) leJOS is a Java based replacement firmware for the RCX, forked out of TinyVM ((URL) practically all of its features, plus: - There is a Windows version (CygWin not required). - Much faster Sensor API. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Something else I've thought would be handy would be a program which would take as inputs the desired positions of the input and output axles in a gear train and the desired gear ratio. Space constraints in the form of "bricks" blocking off (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ^*shudder* (URL) a big WOW for the sewer rat! Jürgen (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have just put a couple of pictures of the Funrise treads in use on my web page - www.borg.com\~pinkmice. I know there were a few people who had expressed interest in them after I described them here the other day. There's also a couple of views of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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