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Subject: 
RE: Lego R/C etc
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:15:11 GMT
Original-From: 
Marco Correia <marco@soporcelNOSPAM.pt>
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erm... for LEGO purists, there's LEGO #8483 Technic CyberMaster ;)
(a pBrick with RF PC control that provides a perfect Lego roverbot chassis)

Check http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/index/8400/8483.html

mc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Xanthra47
> Sent: terça-feira, 13 de Março de 2001 00:49
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: Lego R/C etc
> 
> 
> WOW !   Sounds like someone answered my prayers.  #3 appeals
> to me.  It
> sounds like just the thing to run the AI on a PC and remotely
> control the
> LEGO(R) Chassis.  Would it be too much to ask for pics of the
> prototypes ?
>                                                             -Xanthra47
> 
> "John Barnes" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
> news:4.2.0.58.20010312125508.0199aa10@mailserver...
> > I'm sorry for the delay in being able to post on this subject.
> > I've been out of town for a couple of weeks, and will be away for
> > a few days this week as well. It's the busy season for me!
> > 
> > Here is the current state of the game;
> > 
> > I have built a few prototype devices, one of which appeared at the
> > Cheshire Legofest in the UK - thanks Jennifer for fielding • the questions
> > for the last week or so.
> > 
> > This is the plan.
> > 
> > 1. Build RF based motor controller with RS232 feature on • the controller.
> > 
> > 2. Build RF based sensor controller with RS232 feature on • the readout
> > device.
> > 
> > 3. Build combo RF unit with both motor control and sensor control.
> > 
> > 4. Build "mega interface" for hardwired connection to host • PC with perhaps
> > 12 - 16 motor channels and 24 - 32 sensor channels.



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  Re: Lego R/C etc
 
WOW ! Sounds like someone answered my prayers. #3 appeals to me. It sounds like just the thing to run the AI on a PC and remotely control the LEGO(R) Chassis. Would it be too much to ask for pics of the prototypes ? -Xanthra47 "John Barnes" (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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