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Jin Sato has a good one at (URL) Click on English in the upper left corner. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Khalid" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:015b01c0551f$1a....edu.pk... (...) the (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi. This is my second mail to the group... and dont ask me what happened to the first one, I honestly dot know. Anyways, here's hte scenario. I'm tryina make a biped from Mindstorms, but I dont know where to start. Any suggestions ? Waqas (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Regarding reviews, I won't try to influence you. However, the books have been reviewed before: (URL) reviews at Slashdot and LUGNET are pretty informative. No doubt there are plenty of other reviews if you dig a little deeper. Regarding (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have both books mentioned. I found the "Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms (O'Reilly)" book to be more informative for myself. It talks about quite a few programing languages in enough detail to give you a good idea of what's involved. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) shuttle. (...) must be 2x (...) Indeed: *Mindstorms* 4x20 studs, 2x164 studs (including 2x2 connector pads) *Exploration Mars* 2x368 studs I don't consider the extra long ones an addition, don't like really building remote controls for a thing (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The MEGA long ones come in the Mars Explorer sets (Mindstorms). They must be 2x the long ones in the RIS set. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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"Richard Sutherland" <richard@webbox.com> wrote in message news:G4Fss5.L77@lugnet.com... (...) few (...) am (...) Sure do! That's Bob Fay's Shop: (URL) Iain (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Actually, I wouldn't mind hearing some honest reviews of both books, especially from people who have both. Anyone? Anyone? I went with Dave Baum's because I was told it had better description of building technique, which is where I'm weak. But (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Nope. The really long ones are Mindstorms. They come in handy for remote control. The shortest one (15) and the long middle (70) are from the space shuttle. The 20.5 come in ZNAP and Mindstorms. I don't know about the shorties being in the expansion (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I am not new to programming, but I am new to Mindstroms. I am wondering which book is the better one to get: 1) Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms (O'Reilly) 2) Dave Baum's Definite Guide to Lego Mindstorms You can email me personally to keep (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Go check out: (2 URLs) that is a legit. URL) and finally, for you heavy-duty hardware types (URL) fun! Z (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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BrickBots.Com contest number two is starting a day early due to the upcoming U.S. holiday. The goal of the second contest is to sort a shuffled deck of playing cards into a black and a red pile as quickly as possbile. For complete details visit (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am sorry if there has been a major misunderstanding here. My point about cue cat was that it is a source of supply for free sensors, in terms of LEDs and phototransistors. I fully intended to take 90% of the guts and bin them! JB (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If I :understood the original :poster correctly, the :idea is to :disassemble the :Cat and :remove its light :sensor. I don't think the :idea was to use the :Cat directly. :Kekoa (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I believe the 2 middle lengths are from Minstorms RIS. The longer ones are used in the 8480 Space Shuttle and the very short ones came in the Minstorms expansions (ie: Robo Sports and Extreme Creatures) as well as the smaller Z-nap sets. Fred (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Here's what you'd need to know about the 'Cat... -The 'Cat operates as a keyboard wedge, i.e. it goes in the same port as the keyboard and behaves the same way. Directly connecting it to the RCX isn't going to happen (unless of course you know (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks! Yes, I meant the wires. Do you know which lengths came in Mindstorms? -John Van "Duq" <Duq@nlgateway.net> wrote in message news:G4E5uE.4zC@lugnet.com... (...) connectors (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Guessing you mean the wires, I've got 4 lengths, coming from the Space Shuttle and Mindstorms: 15 studs, 20.5 studs, 70 studs and 164 studs, all including the connectors (2x2's). Duq "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not yet. I am still collecting. I want to try and build an array, if I get enough donations. If you are interested in single light sensors, I have two suggestions; A Cadmium Sulphide cell (like the sell in Radio Shack) is fine as a wide-ish (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:G4E010.Co2@lugnet.com... (...) I assume you are asking about electric plates which come as a 2x1, 2x4 and 2x8. S@H #5037 had 2 of the 2x1s, 4 of the 2x8s, and 3 of the 2x4s for (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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