 | | Re: Sets with worm gear box?
|
|
I just tried to send this reply directly to pavogel@pacbell.net and my message is returned as undeliverable. Is this some kind of "special" email address? So here is my answer, to the more general audience, please forgive; The two odd pieces, in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
(...) Those cameras have a small, low-resolution CCD in them, and they take snapshots of the mousing surface and compare them to detect the quantity of motion. If you were going to use one of those mice your best bet would be to put together a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
(...) Did you consider buying a $5 computer mouse and gutting it? That will give you not one but TWO slotted disks and TWO dual optical detectors. It's hard to imagine another solution for $2.50 per sensor! IIRC, most cheap mice are ~200 clicks per (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
The optical mice are still $50. I bought one and ended up taking it back, didn't work so well. But it definitely looked cool. Would probably make a good sensor though I don't know what kind of values it sends out... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
(...) How about (URL) you filter out the marketing-speak it would appear that the optical sensor is a combination digital camera and signal processor. Dunno what the chances are of getting any sort of intelligle output other than +/- x and y is. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | A technic elevator
|
|
I have updated my Lego page with my new own creation : a Lego elevator. (URL) Klein A Mindstorms fan. (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Clarification of access control
|
|
(...) I forgot to show that resources get released, the functionality is more like this: try { grabResource(X); ...body... releaseResource(X); } catch (ResourceLostException e) { } Dave (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
Does the ratio of the disk track diameter and the seperation between the interuptors allow you get 90 degrees (optical) seperation ? IE could you get quadrature off of it ? BTW, Please post pictures : ) Thanks, -JSM (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | BrickBots.Com is launched - New Robotics Contest with Prize
|
|
I have received so much good information by lurking in the LUGNET community, I am finally giving something back. I am pleased to announce both the launch of BrickBots.Com ( (URL) ) and the start of our first contest, the Aluminum Can Stacking (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: any idea if radar can be used with the rcx?
|
|
You can get pretty good proximity detection using the built in IR port to send (arbitrary) messages out and simultaneously sampling with the stock light sensor to pick up IR returns. Proximity detection out to about 10 inches is possible. Search the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Clarification of access control
|
|
If a task loses its resources (due to an equal or higher priority task acquiring them), then control leaves the body of the acquire statement. If there is a "catch" block following the acquire, then the catch block is executed, otherwise control (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: any idea if radar can be used with the rcx?
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: The Giant Wheelbot (aka 'sphere rat')
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Another DIY sensor
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: any idea if radar can be used with the rcx?
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Clarification of access control
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | any idea if radar can be used with the rcx?
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Another DIY sensor
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Turning a robot 90 degrees
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Technic Creation
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Any one has 2 rcx's?? can a irda prot in a window based machine help in corol of the RCX?
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Dario Laverde's page
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: AI in RCX
|
|
"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)
|
| |
| | Re: AI in RCX
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: AI in RCX
|
|
"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)
|
| |
| | Re: Turning a robot 90 degrees
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Turning a robot 90 degrees
|
|
Or make the extending "foot" actually turn the robot and use some mechanical stops to ensure it only moves through 90 degrees. Admittedly, this would not be an elegant solution : ) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Technic Creation
|
|
(...) sincerely hope officials from the human resources department at LEGO take note. You could really teach their Technic set designers a thing or two! --Sean (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Technic Creation
|
|
Well, she's done it again! Definite 10s in both technical merit and artistic impression in my opinion. I just hope Lego have reserved a range of set numbers for "Jennifer's Construction Set" (pun intended) models! I wonder what she does with all (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Any one has 2 rcx's?? can a irda prot in a window based machine help in corol of the RCX?
|
|
>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 ? To answer part 1. NQC doesn't really know about multiple RCXs. But it does support the built in single (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Cheap 9V motors in Holland
|
|
Dank je Ronald, ga morgen meteen even shoppen. Er zit trouwens nuttig spul bij 'die Znap handel': gladde 1/4 rond 8 studs bochten (voor spatborden van vrachtauto's) en gladde 16-studs balken, voor kraanbomen en over elkaar glijdende constructies. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Turning a robot 90 degrees
|
|
>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)
|
| |
| | Any one has 2 rcx's?? can a irda prot in a window based machine help in corol of the RCX?
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Turning a robot 90 degrees
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Cheap 9V motors in Holland
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: AI in RCX
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: AI in RCX
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Technic Creation
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Turning a robot 90 degrees
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Charge!
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Charge!
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Charge!
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Another Technic Creation
|
|
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) !!
|
| |
| | Re: Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Vision Command/Movie Maker
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Compass update
|
|
(...) navigation: (...) directional (...) compass; (...) even (...) Nice Idea but what is with the f****** cable ?? Rainer (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Compass update
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Vision Command/Movie Maker
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Linux & VC (was: X-10 camera interface)
|
|
(...) You are right, the QuickCam Express and the Lego camera have identical vendor IDs (0x046d), but the Product IDs are different (0x0840 for the qce and 0x0850 for the Lego camera). The software can easily check for the right camera ;-) (...) I'm (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
|
| |
| | Re: Compass update
|
|
Hello, Here's a challenge for those of you with Lego cameras and want compass navigation: Point the camera at a compass and process the visual information into directional input. It's a bit more crude, but you can get away with almost any old (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Compass update
|
|
I have been working away at the compass problem for a while. (I suppose it's only a problem if the kinds of things you're using an RCX for involve knowing which way you're pointing ...) I have built a number of compasses based on both Dinsmore and (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | RE: X-10 camera interface
|
|
hi, i've got the same camera, no luck getting vision command to detect it i think lego's not dumb, it's only looking out for its own logitec legocam Eugene Loke -----Original Message----- From: patel [mailto:macx@satyam.net.in] Sent: Friday, 10 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
(...) This is standard for USB devices, there are codes and strings for vendor and device, and a code for the device class. (...) Not if the LEGO Software looks for the LEGO id. Jürgen "waiting for a free open source equivalent for Linux" (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
(...) Who told you that VC and NQC doesn't work together ?? look at my post from Sep 26 at (URL)So did I miss a posting, or are we all still waiting for a breakthrough ... Think so !! ;-) Rainer (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
(...) Isn't the driver responsible for the appearance in the system settings ?!? I'll try to install a logitech driver later. Then we'll see. Rainer P.S.: Hey ! Is nobody out there with a logitech quickcam who can check this out ???? ;-) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: CyberMaster online
|
|
Ok, here's the full code up to now. I'm afraid there are no comments yet and please bear in mind that it has been programmed on a Linux machine. If you want to use it, change the pointer to your python interpreter and the name of your serial port (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Pneumatic Sub parts
|
|
S@h sells it 25? Do they have anymore? Also, where can I get the weekly S@H specials? Jason (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Vision Command + other cameras
|
|
(...) That's odd. My Mars set didn't have any packaging in it all all. Everything was just thrown in the box and shipped... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
If I were Lego and I was looking to avoid people pirating my software, I'd tie it to my own hardware! An awful lot of people have USB webcams. And the Lego software is quite clever, even if in its current form it cannot be used in conjunction with (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Vision Command + other cameras
|
|
Mars Explorer seems quite happy to use any camera windows has, it is even happy to find and use my Pinnacle video capture card. Vision Command on the other hand, was NOT happy. I had the Logitek QuickCam Pro USB up and running on my system quite (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
(...) I have a feeling Lego put in a "Ident Chip" that tells what it is. That's why it comes up as a Lego Camera in the USB settings. It may fall back to Logitec mode but I don't know if it works the other way around. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
(...) I didn't try it yet (because i have none) but the Logitech Quickcam could (should) work with the VC software because the other way it works. meaning the lego camera works fine with the logitech SDK. Has anybody tries this ???????? I'm very< (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: X-10 camera interface
|
|
(...) I tried. The quality was so bad I gave up. And no, no other camera can use the VC software... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Opinions on the Ultimate Accessory set
|
|
kbkids.com has it on sale for $39.99 (...) sale and for (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | X-10 camera interface
|
|
Hi All Ive go an X-10 wire less camera , i want to know if any one uses it with the lego , and does it support image recogination with the vision command ?? can i use the softwere and the camera to recognize the opjects?? Patel (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: NQC on Scout
|
|
(...) That's good. Any less then 400 bytes would truly be daft. The system vars and pointers are already taken from the 1k of RAM. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: NQC on Scout
|
|
(...) Yes, that looks about the size of it... Any bytes left over? (Use the -l option in NQC) -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: NQC on Scout
|
|
(...) Variables don't take up space (unfortunately). They're purely register variables. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: NQC on Scout
|
|
(...) Well, if you run "nqc -Ofilename yourprogram.nqc", you'll save the compiled code to 'filename' - look at the length of that file. I don't think it's exactly the right size because it seems to contain ASCII strings for the names of functions (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: NQC on Scout
|
|
(...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Pneumatic Sub parts
|
|
(...) If you're at all into pneumatics it's a good set, especially if you can get it for $25 like many of us did (many times over) from S@H. It contains: 1 pneumatic hand pump 1 large pneumatic cylinder 1 blue air tank 1 T-junction hose A TON of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Opinions on the Ultimate Accessory set
|
|
(...) Target -- $50 --- J Austin David austindavid.com austin@gtf.org Life is hard. It's harder if you use NT. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Pneumatic Sub parts
|
|
Over the past few weeks, I have heard people praising the Pneumatic Sub (model #8299) and the parts included with it. Just what are the parts and how much is a reasonable amount to pay for the kit? I have the option of buying the kit, but I want (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Opinions on the Ultimate Accessory set
|
|
Out of curiosity, where did you find the ultimate accessory kit on sale and for how much? Jason (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: NQC on Scout
|
|
(...) It has 400bytes (.4k) for code... I got a twenty line NQC program in there... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Funrise treads etc.
|
|
John, the Sewer Rat is great! How fast does it move? Is there an advantage to having the two separate "units" on either side of the "payload"? Would one of the units work as well on its own? -- Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com IBM TSM Server (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | NQC on Scout
|
|
Okay, I wrote my first (sophomoric) piece of code for the scout, and I have kind of lame question. I know that there's no good way to answer this question, but about how much code can I stuff in the thing? I've heard that it only has 1kbyte for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Opinions on the Ultimate Accessory set
|
|
(...) I like the remote. The rotation sensor is good, too (easily lets you tie a motor to a steering wheel, for instance -- or a tach). The pieces themselves are mostly novel; an extra touch sensor, some weird stuff ... but I dig the remote. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Opinions on the Destroyer Drone
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: CyberMaster online
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | eToys has RIS 1.0
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Gear spacings.
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | RE: Wired Article Today
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Gear spacings.
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: CyberMaster online
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Gear spacings.
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Gear spacings.
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | (yoda)tizing
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Old idea or new idea?
|
|
(...) 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)
|
| |
| | Re: Gear spacings.
|
|
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)
|
| |
| | Re: Wired Article Today
|
|
"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)
|
| |
| | CyberMaster online
|
|
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)
|
