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Re: Lego & BHC
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Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:50:01 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> As part of my work within the framework of Hangar 18 I'm working on some
> projects related to "Blind and Haptic Computing", in particular we're
> looking at blind developers of Lego Mindstorms and what they need. As part
> of that I realize that we need a mechanism to describe Lego robots
> non-visually so that two different visually impaired developers build the
> same bot from the same description. This must be compatible with useage
> on/by a computer.
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> Anybody know of any standards or work in describing mechanisms with the
> epxress intent of aiding blind developers (I'm thinking of mechanical
> goals here and not traditional computing work)? Anybody done any work with
> traditional Lego models and the non-visual community? Every heard of a
> blind mechanical engineer?
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> I'm utterly ignorant in this field and trying to get a toe hold.
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> Thanks.
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> James Choate 512-451-7087 ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com
James, to begin with, you would get a much better response if you post this as a
unique thread (start a new thread).
I am a Mechanical Engineer and have been struggling with my latest LEGO project
for several weeks. It boils down to ...trying over and over again to get a
'better result' using a different combination of pieces. So much of this
depends on being able to see. I cannot imagine how I would do it if I were
blind.
Eventually, with practice, who knows... But in the beginning I would start by using a reduced set of parts and pre-building a project several ways yourself in order to provide better assistance.
You could describe a device as 'having wheels' that are 'driven' with the front
ones solid shaft and the rear ones connected by a 'differential' ...yet, how
would you describe 'differential' function to a non-sighted person.
Is LEGO Robotics really a good idea?
Jerry
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| Hi Jerry, (...) I can't disgree stongly enough on this. I call this 'sighted bias'. Since you've clearly never been blind or worked with the blind then I'd expect nothing else but this sort of view. The sighted live their whole lives handicapped in (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi, As part of my work within the framework of Hangar 18 I'm working on some projects related to "Blind and Haptic Computing", in particular we're looking at blind developers of Lego Mindstorms and what they need. As part of that I realize that we (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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