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(...) Well, sometimes there's only one way to find out -- build it and see if they come. If we create a group/list for it and it turns out DOA then we can either delete it or ignore it. If there's a user-base for GBP, and you've got (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, you can mount mechanical components to LEGO bricks by using a M6 metric screw. The meassurement of the tubes inside of LEGO bricks is ideal for this size of screws. See (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have your book on order already from booksamillion.com. Alan Alan Carmack Pflugerville, TX "To Russia with Lego": (URL) lugnet member page: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Agreed. I think that is a long way though. If you look at a lot of the current research, it is about tiny systems. I don't want information on large and complex systems, but clever systems. I am really keen to have my robots learn for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey Todd (and others), I was thinking it was time for a sub-group for those of us using 'Gordon's Brick Programmer". Maybe lugnet.robotics.rcx.gbp ? _I_ could sure use some group support... Are there enough of us out there to make it worthwhile? (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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This may have to do with the (debatable) fact that the Lego Mindstorms RIS is _not_ an "advanced robotic platform" It was engineered so that the average 12+ year old could play around with robotics concepts. It was never meant to to be the be-all of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ben, My point was, if I already know a lot about the sort of things you have listed, where do I go now to take it to the next level. I haven't found that the available books on Mindstorms do this. For example, some ideas on robot navigation (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Henry, Thats what I've found as well. My last post might have sounded a bit strong, but I get really annoyed when I go out and buy a book ($50-$100 in Australia), and read it from cover to cover in a couple of hours, and get nothing from it. This (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Cool site, Ben. Looking forward to your book! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) Erwin" <ben@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:GAsADu.56u@lugnet.com... (...) itself (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Perhaps this is because many of the authors have had Mindstorms webpages up before they published any books. True, if one is willing to spend a few hours researching on the web, one can find more info on Mindstorms than any one book can cover. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) week I had the opportunity to watch my book get printed. The book itself is about the process of making a robot -- so here is a website about the process of making the book -- which itself is very robotic! -Ben (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Some of the "advanced" (according to Gordon's definition) engineering, physics, and math topics covered in "Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms": Engineering Aside: Feedback Engineering Aside: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Design Engineering (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have to disagree here. I have looked at all the current Mindstorms books and NONE of them are much use to the advanced user. I have only been into Minstorms for 4 months, but everything in these books, I had either figured out for myself, or found (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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John Barnes <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:4.2.0.58.200103...lserver... [Snip] Thanks for the info, John. Just going to check out Australian remote control stuff.... (...) control (...) multiple (...) It can be done using LegOS - but it (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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For an advanced user, you will enjoy this book. I brings together some of the best of people. Michael Gasperi's part four in the book gets into passive and powered sensors. There include, the coin detector, Stick in ring switch, Thermistor temp (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, I am looking at buying the book - Extreme Mindstorms. Any comments welcome. I am an advanced user, and am looking for some ideas. For those who have it, what customized sensors do they provide instructions to build? Dave (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, I could certainly create an artificial environment which would increase the solar cell's output without the need for scheduling another test on the summer solstice, if you were merely curious as to its maximum output based on the cell's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) I'd suggest that you try this again mid-summer. The solar radiation angle is still fairly low at this time of year with much of the energy being scattered by the atmosphere as well as being spread over a larger surface area of the earth. I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dacta)
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What kind of ankle joint? A motorized one, or passive one? If it is the first type I think the leg will be too heavy to be moved quickly. That is critical since the robot falls onto itself. Looking closer at the design, I think that you only need to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Is this set still available? If so, does anyone know where it may be purchased? (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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