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Re: A Generic Idea
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Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:05:17 GMT
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Andy Gombos <gombos_2000@earthlink.net+NoSpam+>
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I don't know about other places, but here cell phone service is expensive to
use as a robot communication method.
Perhaps a "personal radio" (They have a range of about 2 miles) would be
better, and data could be transmitted through tones.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Erlandsson" <e.henrik@telia.com>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: A Generic Idea
> The Vision Command camera was great - until you discovered it had a cord • :)
> and thereby understood that Lego *faked* the robot in robotics inventions
> commercial...)
>
> This is my very first post and so I don't know if this idea is new, but • I'm
> suggesting that until Lego understand they have to release an IR-connected
> camera, that you can
>
> 1) Use any cel phone to eavesdrop, for example making a rover that reacts
> to something "interesting" by turning the phone on, dialing a number (or
> recording) i.e. sending sound via the microphone, and when the receiving • end
> hangs up, times out after a certain time and turns the phone off.
>
> 2) The robot could call an automated answering service, which sends a
> message thru the mobile's speaker, or even the time of day if you call • that
> number! oo - a clock on wheels which gives you the time in Andorra at the
> clap of a hand! (Or two, as the case may be :)
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> 3) The same would of course be true for the phone types which have the
> ability to take, send and receive pictures.
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> 4) Two robots with a mobile each could possibly send modem noise (at low
> bitrates, probably) to communicate digital information. One of them could • be
> stationary and sit by the IR tower, thereby allowing the other to stray • far
> away (the next country, even!) and still send info to your PC. (Which • could
> be running some sort of AI program - in effect _providing the faraway • robot
> with that intelligence_.)
>
>
> The cel phone with the largest, most clickable buttons (and fewest button
> clicks to reach a certain function), and the best/loudest sound quality,
> would probably be the one chosen for this.
>
> To press the buttons, the obvious method would be using Cams. Those • familiar
> with the Ultimate Builders Set could put a long axle on Motor Module 3 and
> put a couple of cams on it, using the Rotation Sensor to keep track of how
> many degrees the axle has turned.
>
> If a given sequence of 4 or less buttons is to be pressed, you just have • to
> put them at 90° angle to one another, the first to be pressed at 0°, the
> second button at 90° a.s.o, and then just turn the axle 360° to press the
> 4-button sequence. So you program the sequence by putting each cam in the
> correct angle. In that case, you could use a Cam and a Touch sensor to • stop
> rotating after 1 rev.
>
> If you use the "Motor Saver Trick" in RIS 2.0, you could do 2x4-button
> sequences with 1 motor, 8 cams and a touch sensor.
>
> I just got this idea from my Coffee Pot, so when I have some pictures to
> show what I mean I'll reply to this.
>
>
> Sending info via cel phones is the only way that I can see which could
> expand the robot's capabilities beyond 32K memory. (See above)
>
> What do you guys think? Anybody know the perfect cel phone model for this?
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| (...) Text messaging is cheap in most countries...and if your phone can send email (mine can) then you can get the message directly into your PC. (...) Modem tones? I guess so - but you'd need to build some electronics to do that - and it might just (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| The Vision Command camera was great - until you discovered it had a cord :) and thereby understood that Lego *faked* the robot in robotics inventions commercial...) This is my very first post and so I don't know if this idea is new, but I'm (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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