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Subject:	[OT] cats (was RE: Not totally satisfied with the Lego Mindstorm concept: Mathematical variables and direct connection PC/mechanical device)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:36:51 GMT
Original-From:	Aaron Pelly <apelly@monkeymasters.co!ihatespam!.nz>
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> That sort of round-trip can easily take a half second or more > - which can > be a long time if you are rammed against the refrigerator > with your motors > stalled (or your 'MegaDeath Killomatic Blastotron' machine is > dismembering > your cat). there is a school of thought that says there is no such thing as too much time spent dismembering cats

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		Re: Not totally satisfied with the Lego Mindstorm concept: Mathematical variables and direct connection PC/mechanical device
(...) That's OK so long as the RCX doesn't get out of IR contact with the PC - as can EASILY happen. You need to have at least some autonomous code inside the robot that will enable it to regain contact with the PC by (for example) backtracking (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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