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Subject: 
Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 21:20:15 GMT
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Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca^StopSpammers^>
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote:

Yeah, just from coming from k'nex, I've never liked LEGOs, until it came out
with the mindstorms.  I have problems keeping pieces together, and I don't
want to use glue.  Another thing is that the RCX is huge.  Most of the things
I want to build I don't want to be able to scare my cats.  I would like more
inputs.  It gets annoying having the flat bottom of the motors not being able
to connect to anything.

Building solid structures out of LEGO is something of an art form.  Fred Martin
wrote an article called "The Art of LEGO Design" which is available as an Adobe
PDF at ftp://cherupakha.media.mit.edu/pub/people/fredm/artoflego.pdf.  It's about
a 2M download.  You may want to check it out.

Mark


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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
 
Yeah, just from coming from k'nex, I've never liked LEGOs, until it came out with the mindstorms. I have problems keeping pieces together, and I don't want to use glue. Another thing is that the RCX is huge. Most of the things I want to build I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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