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Re: Future Mindstorm Releases?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:31:27 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Joe Strout wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Wayne Gramlich wrote:
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> > (Let me apologize in advance, this is going
> > to sound a bit like an advertisement.)
> >
> > My solution to the RCX problem was to
> > design my own extensible sensor and
> > effector suite that I call RoboBricks.
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> (I note that it seems to be spelled RoboBrix by robotstore.com.)
The guy who sells them wanted a name that was
less likely to be kicked out by the trademark
examiner -- hence, RoboBRiX.
> > P.S. My boards are Lego-friendly in that they
> > have holes across the top and bottom that
> > snap right onto Lego studs.
>
> That's cool. I have several suggestions for you, as a potential user:
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> 1. Get the robotstore folks to mention the LEGO compatibility in their
> descriptions; the one I looked at made no mention of it, and it's not obvious
> that that's what those holes are for.
Good point; I'll mention it to Roger (he's the Robot Store guy.)
> 2. Write a tutorial geared for LEGO users, showing how the RoboBrix modules can
> be used to control LEGO motors for example.
Documentation is a big problem. We need more
documentation everywhere. We need better
module documentation, a bunch of example
robots, etc.
> 3. Find some way to provide the RoboBrix boards in preassembled form. To
> require soldering makes it a big leap in difficult from Mindstorms.
I agree. We have to take one step at a time tho'.
-Wayne
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