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Subject: 
Request for designs
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:03:37 GMT
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I am writing up some coaches training materials for First LEGO League (FLL)
in Minneapolis MN and I need some help with examples of various robot
designs.  I plan on covering:

Platforms:
Differential Drive (2 drive wheels, 1 or more casters)
Differential Skid (tracks or wheels)
Steered wheels (front wheel and four wheel steering)
Tricycle drive
Articulated steering
Other?

Navigation:
Dead reckoning
Landmark
Line following
Triangulation
Other?

There is no pay, unless you count fame.

Thanks for any help,

Dean Hystad
dean.hystad@mts.com

P.S.  I will soon be working on a programming class also for the same group.
Any suggestions on curriculum would be appreciated. FLL allows using RCX
code and Robolab only.



Message has 6 Replies:
  Re: Request for designs
 
(...) I think you should toss in some weird ones: Bipeds, Quadrupeds. Shrimps. Killough platforms (a personal favorite of mine). Er - those weird wheels that have rollers instead of treads so they can roll smoothly sideways - what are those called? (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
  RE: Request for designs
 
FYI, the Ferrari brothers' book masterfully covers all of the topics you list, and in a coherent sequence as well (IMHO). Dave Baum covers a subset of them with more emphasis on programming in his book. No NQC in FLL? Ack! --Russ (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
  RE: Request for designs
 
(...) What books are these? Catherine (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
  RE: Request for designs
 
Catherine, Extreme Mindstorms: an Advanced Guide to Lego Mindstorms, Dave Baum Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms (Technology In Action), Dave Baum Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms : The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs, Mario & (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
  RE: Request for designs
 
(...) Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms (Technology In Action) by Dave Baum, Rodd Zurcher (Illustrator) Publisher: APress; ISBN: 1893115097; Bk&Cd-Rom edition (2000) Extreme Mindstorms: an Advanced Guide to Lego Mindstorms by Dave Baum (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Request for designs
 
(...) Hi Dean, I'm really pleased to see this discussion and I suspect that there are several of us who will directly benefit from it. I particularly liked reading your curriculum in post (URL) I will borrow some of it in future classes I teach at (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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