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Subject: 
Re: LEGO Foosball table
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 6 May 2003 12:19:00 GMT
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Steve Baker <SJBAKER1@avoidspamAIRMAIL.NET>
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Mike Bailey wrote:
couldn't u use the infra red and just hav 2 rcx's communicate with each
other that gives you at least 6 sensor ports and 6 motor ports plus u could
use some of the hacks to run 2 sensors or motors off the same port

Seems like the BIG problem is knowing where the ball is - and I think that
requires a camera and some image recognition software.
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  RE: LEGO Foosball table
 
That would be *relatively* easy to do with Vision Command, if you make sure the ball is some bright colour (say pink), and the two "teams" are red and blue for example. Mount the camera above the "pitch" and you've got yourself a positioning system. (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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  RE: LEGO Foosball table
 
couldn't u use the infra red and just hav 2 rcx's communicate with each other that gives you at least 6 sensor ports and 6 motor ports plus u could use some of the hacks to run 2 sensors or motors off the same port -----Original Message----- From: (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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