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I'm sorry to say that I don't have anny suggestions, just some more info to consider. I imagine that the difference between RIS1.5 and RIS2.0 will be the software. This was the major difference between RIS1.0 and RIS1.5; RIS1.5 was easier to use and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I need to make a decision about purchasing Mindstorms kits for my sons school. We have decided to buy 5 or 6 RIS kits. The question is, should we buy 1.5 kits that I can get a hold of now or should we wait until fall to get the 2.0 kits? So far, I (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Was it these valves ? (URL) not, they seem intersting, but I have no information about cost, availibility, efficency with RCX. I just found that in a magazine. Marc Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi group has any one used the active x control with macromedia director 7 or later? it has the opetion to control the rcx. can any one send me a small program to run just one motor , then i can get an idea of how it works .. Mac (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Looks good : ) Nice and compact ! Thanks for sharing this. "Gustav Jansson" <GJansson@aol.com> wrote in message news:G9uM19.C84@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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A spherical roller is just a ball in a loose fiting socket like on the underside of a mechanical mouse. (Computer pointing device, not a robo-rodent !) Some people actually use the tops of roll on anti-perspirant bottles for casters on small (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have heard that RCX 2.0 has more memory in it than RCX 1.0 . Could you use tools like RcxCC to check the amount of memory in your RCX 2.0? Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's interesting. (...) Neither does the RCX 1.5 (...) Yes - I think so. We aren't aware of any hardware differences between 1.5 and 2.0 and the only difference between 1.0 and 1.5 is the external power socket. (...) Exactly...and you can (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi folks, Apologies if this has been asked before, but I'm a little stumped. I just received a RIS 1.5 set, and inside was a yellow brick labelled RCX 2.0. I'm reasonably familiar with the RCX 1.0, and I have a 1.0 with a power jack. This one has no (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hot diggety!! (Starts drooling) when can I get one????!!!!???? How about this? Using old blue or grey rails (non-conducting), you could have a transmitter & 8 receivers (assuming of course that the receivers'll be available separately?), one (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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Here's three ideas ranging from easy to implement, but not terribly effective, to fairly effective, but harder to employ. You could try to characterize the amount of rotation that occurs in the robot as the caster wheel straightens out when you (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I designed a caster wheel assembly that worked pretty well. It uses a single, centered wheel instead of the two wheels you have. The two wheel assembly you are using tends to not want to turn. Anyway go to the following web site for assembly (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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anybody have or have read the book Killer Mindstorm Robots by Gordon McComb, just came out this year. ISBN: 0071370404 Storm the LEGO castle with this complete guide to designing, building, and programming "combots" (combat robots) using the LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) be (...) exactly (...) Oh man... have another brick transmitting the input of 8 sensors back to the computer and you've definitely beat the RCX to a pulp!! - David (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) His email address when posting to this group is: barnes@sensors.com Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) True, but this one can have a computer of any sort on the outside, as it were. Depending on your application either one could be more useful - personally, being a distributed type of person who builds smallish scale models with a large (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Tell me about it! I've had to program real systems (as opposed to real lego systems :-) with no feedback at various points in the past, and it can indeed be horrific. However, I believe John may have something up his sleeve with regard to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Now if it had a reverse path to send sensor data back to the computer, you'd *really* have something. Without some way to read back sensors though, the ability to control motors using the computer is a LOT less useful than you might think. (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It gets better - in my haste yesterday I forgot to mention one of the most important features of the transmitter unit; it has an RS232 port to allow connection to your computer, which can then control the motors over the air interface. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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oooooooohhhhhhh... I'll take one too!!! Gary Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:G9s1sv.56H@lugnet.com... (...) involved (...) makes a (...) but (...) need (...) black 9V (...) of the (...) controlled (...) two (...) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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