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(...) 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)
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(...) That's true - I hadn't appreciated the level these people were at. In that case may I strongly recommend a classic: "The Art of Lego Design" by Fred Martin. You can find it in several places: (URL) could perhaps get these people to read it (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I ran a training session for FLL coaches last year. Some coaches already have Mindstorms experience - those aren't the ones that need training. Many of the others had never played with Technic or Mindstorms before. We spent over an hour on (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Dave Baum writes: But I can't overstate (...) My favorite reference on the simple stuff is (URL) but good. Roger (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Maybe it would help to lay out the format of the training course. 1. Structures I start out with how to build strong structures. There is a discussion of LEGO joining techniques. When is a friction type connection OK, and when is bracing (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Dean Hystad" <dhystad@mn.rr.com> wrote in message news:Gx64G3.6yw@lugnet.com... (...) I have a design for a simple Nagata-style overlapping footprint walker that uses a differential to make it walk faster. I know walkers are not primary topics, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have set up a short web site ((URL) with a description of how to use a LEGO USB tower (RIS 2.0) with Dave Baum's NQC on Linux. It works fine for many popular chipsets (Intel, VIA), yet not all. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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