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>does anyone have a foolproof method of turning an RCX tracked robot 90 >degrees precisely? >I've thought of motor timing, but surely that would be affected by >battery power. >The only solution I can think of is some sort of rotation sensor (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Any one has 2 rcx's?? can a irda prot in a window based machine help in corol of the RCX?
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Hi All , Any one has 2 Rcx ?? can nqc support control of 2 rcx's for work together?? Does irda port of a windows based machine help in cotrol of a RCX ? Mac (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Turning a robot 90 degrees
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does anyone have a foolproof method of turning an RCX tracked robot 90 degrees precisely? I've thought of motor timing, but surely that would be affected by battery power. The only solution I can think of is some sort of rotation sensor (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Cheap 9V motors in Holland
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Voor de Hollanders: V&D ruimt ZNAP op voor halve prijzen. 3552 bevat een 9V motor + batterijdoos en twee flex-assen voor f25,- (oja, en je krijgt wat van die ZNAP handel kado). Ik geloof dat de motor los al 40+ kost...... For the rest of you: V&D, a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I hope that the subject of AI in RCX is not discarded yet. The project is really challenging, but I think worth to be taken. Controlling robot is a complex task, or rather a set of tasks. I think that it would be a good (practical) approach to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: AI in RCX
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In fact, I had already worked out the 1st NN by working on the RCX with my PC using VB (after studying NN hardly as I am fresh to it) This NN is in the sturcture of Hamming network that can recognize the environment prototype by reading the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Another Technic Creation
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I find myself half agreeing here. The model is great. Is it something a parent would buy for a ten year old these days for $120? I tend to doubt it, for many of the reasons already discussed on this network before. But; I built my 8480 before its (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Turning a robot 90 degrees
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R.G.Peel asked: (...) Yes - that and wheel slippage and motor mis-match. (...) You can buy 'official' Lego rotation sensors...but they don't come with either RCS or RDS sets. :-( That doesn't solve the wheel slippage problem though. (...) Two (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: X-10 camera interface
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I am using it, not with Vision Command, but with my own barcode recognition software. (See my post (URL).) Compared with the cheap, tethered digital cameras out there, the image quality of XCam2 is quite poor, but it is still workable for my (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Charge!
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(...) I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the same riff as you are, since mine has far fewer notes, but its worth a try... I don't know the "official" key, and I'm doing this without a piano in front of me, but any major chord should do the trick.... C (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Charge!
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My son, who does the trumpet in school might have it. We programmed ours with Star Wars and Beethoven's 9th from his sheet music. --Jack Gregory Peter A. Vogel <pavogel@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:G3zHu0.IBx@lugnet.com... (...) Baseball, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Charge!
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Hi! My FLL Team would like to have their robot sign the "Charge!" bugle cry at the start of each mission that the robot attempts. I'm musically challenged. Does anyone have the note sequence for the "Charge!" bugle cry often heard at Baseball, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Another Technic Creation
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Hi again folks, I've just put my latest creation online, a Technic figure scale small(ish) excavator. The model is powered by motors and pneumatics, and there are MPEG videos of it working to download. You can find it here: (URL) me know what you (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk) !!
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| | Re: Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
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(...) No, not now... But then again, that kind up support tends (...) Yes, it does. I was hoping someone would step up for it :) Luis (happily watching Linux slowly creep towards world domination) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
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(...) No, not now... But then again, that kind up support tends to materialize quite quickly if you provide the developer with the necessary hardware. Which I plan to do ASAP ;-) Regards, Hakan (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
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(...) I'm on-and-off experimenting with my Vision Command camera (...) So, as I read it, there is no support for this particular chip yet, right? And won't be for the foreseeable future? Luis (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: Vision Command/Movie Maker
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Josh Hunter <optijosh@cs.com> wrote in message news:G3uHoK.5EE@lugnet.com... (...) theres (...) I'm pretty sure they are the same. You might try contacting LEGO, but I'll bet they will tell you that you can't live without the set parts that come (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Compass update
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(...) navigation: (...) directional (...) compass; (...) even (...) Nice Idea but what is with the f****** cable ?? Rainer (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi, I'm planning of doing this with a light sensor. I'm going to attach a disk with information (stripes of different colors) to the compass, and the light sensor will read the information. I´ll post a message here when I have it ready. Best (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Vision Command/Movie Maker
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Hey. I was wondering if the two pc cameras lego sells are the same model. they look like it and i want to be able to edit movies n stuff with my VC but i dont want to shell out 200 bucks for a whole new set. you think theres a way to get my hands on (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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