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Re: Lego or Biscuit pc/Linux (for path following robot)
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Date: 
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:37:27 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> writes:

It would be pretty neat to have a robot drive around a track - and
stop to pick something up when it sees one barcode - then continue
to drive along the track until it sees another barcode to tell it
to put the object back down again.


This has been done. I remember seeing a video clip of a Mindstorms robot
doing just this. The builders had it on display at some sort of convention
(I think). The robot followed a line that made a loop, at certain places,
there were different shapes (or maybe it was colors) that indicated to the
robot to change direction. The robot had a pincer unit built into its front
end and when a patron of the convention would place their business card in a
certain place on this track, the robot would spring into action, follow the
line, use the pincer to grab the business card, then follow the line again
to a hole in the floor and drop the card into the hole.

Too bad I can't remember the url or any other details of how to find this on
the net :(

Jona



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  Re: Lego or Biscuit pc/Linux (for path following robot)
 
(...) um...a simple Google search returned the url. Go here to see this great exhibit: (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Lego or Biscuit pc/Linux (for path following robot)
 
(...) Well - if you want to see a 'graphic' of (say) a circle and intend that to tell the robot to go around in a circle, you'll need a camera. The RCX isn't powerful enough to interface to a camera (although some dubious Lego adverts seem to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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