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| I bought the O’reilly book and it has a lot of helpful information in it, especially about sensors, he likes forth as a language ( I gave up on that one about 15 years ago, because of lack of documentation) but does do quite a little with NQC, I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| You can put rotation sensors on each wheel, and then monitor them for changes. If one gets ahead of another, then slow that motor down. This works well, but differences in the wheels cause it to turn slightly. Andy (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: Ball-less mice (was :Re: FW: Another DIY sensor)
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| (...) I can confirm this, at least for the US market; I just bought the Logitech optical wheel mouse, and it was $30 at Fry's in Campbell, California. (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi all, (...) no problem with that. BUT ! We took part at the Lego VisionCommand 2000 Competition in Germany. We build an synchrodrive without lego turntables. The Lego chief engineer (don't remember the name, Steven ?????) toke a look at it an was (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I suspect the custom pieces that make their way into sets began life as a modification of an existing part. After all, I doubt they wanted to make a custom mold until they were certain it did what they wanted it to. John A. Tamplin (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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