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RE: Lego & BHC
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:24:26 GMT
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Rob Limbaugh <rlimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.!NoSpam!com>
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Jim,

Blindfold yourself and have someone explain building instructions for a
set you've never done.  Don't worry about color (at this point).  Video
tape the ordeal.

Each LEGO piece shape is unique, and can therefore be identified.  Use
Ldraw parts list names for uniformity.  The inventory of many sets can
be searched on www.peeron.com/inv to make part listing easier.

- Rob


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Choate [mailto:ravage@einstein.ssz.com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:27 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Cc: hangar18-general@open-forge.com; hell@einstein.ssz.com;
open-science-general@open-forge.com; 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Lego & BHC


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 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.

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?

I'm utterly ignorant in this field and trying to get a toe hold.

Thanks.

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James Choate  512-451-7087  ravage@ssz.com  jchoate@open-forge.com





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  RE: Lego & BHC
 
Hi Rob, (...) Exactly what the hell do you think we're doing? Not one word of my post made it to a single neuron in your head. If it was easy somebody like you would have already done it. You disappoint me. <PLONK> -- -- Open Forge, LLC 24/365 (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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