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Re: An Introduction and (Re: Ping Pong Ball Lobber)
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:50:58 GMT
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Ross,
I really like the idea behind the BrickBot site. As a potential voter or
submitter, I just wanted to say thanks for your offer of programming to
Richard.
And hey, welcome to the LUGNET community :-)
LINC
"Ross Carlson" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:4.3.1.0.20010107221125.0198b1e0@mail.metacraft.com...
> Hey all!
>
> I'd just like to introduce myself to the list and respond to this thread
> about the contests.
>
> My name is Ross Carlson, I'm a 29 year old programmer and part owner of an
> internet company (www.collectoronline.com) and I just recently got into
> lego robotics. Being the internet programming junkie that I am, my first
> project was a telerobotic web cam. The camera was a standard color
> Quickcam. The "chassis" was made from the parts of the technic motorcycle
> (#8417) and the motors were controlled with a simple relay circuit
> connected to the parallel port on a linux based computer.
>
> I plan to start redoing the camera with a more robust chassis, using parts
> from the super street car (the original chassis was too flimsy, not enough
> parts) and some mindstorms sensors to provide feedback to the control
> circuit and software. I plan to use a standard RS232 serial interface to
> control the motors and receive positional feedback from the sensors.
>
> Does anyone have any experience building bi-directional serial control
> circuits for this kind of thing? I have very little experience with this
> sort of thing, other than the programming side. If anyone has any pointers
> towards books, web sites, or particularly useful integrated circuits ... I
> would love to hear from you! Also, if anyone knows of a "better" way to
> control motors and recieve feedback from sensors with a computer other • than
> using a serial port, I'd love to hear other ideas.
>
> Rich, as for the contest web site, you mentioned adding a voting system. I
> just wanted to offer my time to help out with the site if need be. I agree
> that contests are a great way to stimulate creativity and foster the
> enthusiast community. Interactive web programming is what I do 8 hours a
> day, so I'm sure I could be of some help in doing a voting system. I've
> also got access to high speed servers, etc. Let me know if you'd like any • help.
>
> Cheers.
>
> -Ross
>
> At 06:18 PM 1/5/01 +0000, you wrote:
> > Hi Raoul,
> >
> > This has been a great experience for me. Perhaps I am not that creative, • but
> > I ran out of building steam for a while and these contest proposals have
> > certainly solved that.
> >
> > I am looking into adding some voting system to the site, but with some
> > really good proposals being posted, I need to figure out some realistic
> > number of simultaneous contests to run. Otherwise the proposals will come • in
> > faster than the contest cycle and the queue will expand! When there are a
> > good variety of contests types I am thinking of running at least two at • the
> > same time, perhaps staggered a week to allow anyone industrious enough to
> > enter most if not all of the contests. Any suggestions are definately • welcome!
> >
> > Good Building,
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > richard at webbox dot com
> >
> >
> >
> > In lugnet.robotics, "Raoul Sullivan" <raoulsullivan@hotmail.com> writes:
> > > Hey! Competition time! I'm fairly new to the online LEGO community and
> > > regular competitions like this sound like a great idea. Glad you have • the
> > > time to put into it.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Raoul (ICQ 17521252)
>
> __________________________________________________
>
> Ross A. Carlson
> Metacraft Internet Services
> webmaster@metacraft.com
> http://www.metacraft.com
>
> Before you criticize someone, you should walk a
> mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize
> them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
> __________________________________________________
>
>
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