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(...) The RCX doesn't support radar, but the Handy Board with Expansion Board supports the Polaroid Sonar unit... here is a thread on a recent discussion here on it... (URL) Handy Board is essentially the RCX+++, but it does not come in a Lego (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Umm. (...) No I didn't! My laptop has a glide point thingy so I don't have box full of dead mice! . But I should investigate! Thanks for the idea. (...) That reminds me. A while ago now, someone here suggested trying out the guts of one of those (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Who was it that built the 'sewer rat' ( a robot that fitted in a pipe, with 4 sets of wheels contacting the walls of the pipe)? It shouldn't be insanely hard to modify into a 'sphere rat'! Did the original sewer rat use synchro drives or fixed (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Who was it that built the 'sewer rat' ( a robot that fitted in a pipe, with 4 sets of wheels contacting the walls of the pipe)? It shouldn't be insanely hard to modify into a 'sphere rat'! Did the original sewer rat use synchro drives or fixed (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Stick it in one of those "hamster balls". They make bigger ones for rats and ferrets. --- J Austin David austindavid.com austin@gtf.org Life is hard. It's harder if you use NT. (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Then: (...) Now you tell me!!!! Just after I finished implementing a set of cheap and cheerful nqc fixed point transcendental functions based on 100 RCX degrees per rev! JB (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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This reminds me of something I was considering building about a year ago, though not out of Lego. (I consider building a lot of things, but nothing ever gets built) I had the idea to build a remote controlled robot completely contained in a sphere. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Use RAW mode. Then you get 2500 to 0 (I think it was) Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Not "radar," but you can couple lights to the drive motors, aim them out front, and use the light-sensor. It will see the reflected light near an object, and react accordingly. On a scout, I make it "avoid light." The thing will get ~ 4 inches (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm curently reading Extreme Mindstorms. In listing 4.2 (see below) the seek task acquires the user defined resource and then enters an inner infinite loop looking for a target. It appears to me that if the seek task losing ownership of the user (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi all Any one has used radar with the rcx to sense objects in front ?? does any one have an idea where i can get small radar sensing devices? in the Mercedees benz S class it uses radar to sense an car or ostacle in front , Dr Patel (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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My continuing journey into the world of DIY RCX sensors has lead me to a home made rotation sensor which may be of interest. Since the RCX light sensor reports values in the range 0 - 100 and my compass sensors are thus constrained to report 0 - 360 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, we build a synchrodrive (without turntables) that has a freedom of about 100 degree. We used it in an orthogonal labyrint and it worked well. I'll post a message when our new hompage is available. There will be a detailed howto on this page (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Easily - in fact my lego collection is very modest, and positively diminutive compared with some of the pictures and lists of other's collections online. The crane was built mainly from the 8480 Space Shuttle, the 8448 Supercar, and the 8266 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No, IRDA is incompatible with the RCX. As another possibility for communication you might want to look at the LNP protocol of Legos. Jürgen (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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does anyone knows why it doesnt work? It was very good page and now i could not find it. Maybe there is new adress? Thanks for help Gawel (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Tony Hirst" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A13AF5D.521434...n.ac.uk... (...) rcx (...) Thanks very interesting, although I 'm approaching the task in different way using a style of Genetic Programming known as Cartesian Genetic (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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there's a report on, and some code for, using genetic algorithms with the rcx at: (URL) Hirst mailto:a.j.hirst@open.ac.uk Dept. of Telematics, Faculty of Technology Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK Tel: +44 (0)19086 52789 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Tomasz Salamon" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A129AC9.304D75...Arch.pl... (...) As another approach to the problem, for my final year disseration I'm currently writing a genetic program, the goal of which will be to make my RCX (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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You could let your robot drop a block of white bricks (like 8x8x8 studs bug) and then let it turn until the light sensor on the other side picks it up. you could use a wire attached to the block to retrieve it into the original position. (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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