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| Steve! What a great Idea, having components that you could snap together like code blocks but with real Lego! What a natural idea. If I understand your idea right, you could have a small,say, 4x4 or 2x4 bick ROM computer that has a dedictaed (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) To be absolutely honest, I don't think this is my idea - I think I've seen something a lot like that built as a college project. (...) That might be unreasonably costly. I was thinking of having a little knob that you'd turn to select (for (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have this Idea, stick with me, The arm of my robot has a limit at the upper and lower extremes. I use The RCX and rotation sensors to keep the robot from breaking its own arm. Ocassionally, there is a skip, either the RCX or Sensor misses it (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Pneumatic Cylinder. :D Each of these prevents your robot from breaking his arm, and doesn't need sensors. I recommend Mario Ferrari's "Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms" for mechanical ideas that simplify the electrical control. (I.e. less (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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