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RE: RCX Limitations, griping, etc. :)
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 6 Jan 1999 01:21:55 GMT
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Carl G. Schaefer, Jr. <cgschaef@#spamless#futurelinkinc.com>
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Don't forget the venerable 6811-based, sensor-rich, Rug Warrior Pro. If you
like LEGO RCX, you'll like this one alot. A bit expensive though -- I paid
about US$550. But it includes the robot, sensors, motors, Interactive C
development environment, and a LOT of support information at MIT.
Check out http://www.akpeters.com
Take care,
Carl
| -----Original Message-----
| From: news@lugnet.com [mailto:news@lugnet.com]On Behalf Of Mark
| Tarrabain
| Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 7:25 PM
| To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
| Subject: RCX Limitations, griping, etc. :)
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| Only 3 input ports... only 3 output ports... no expandability... The
| only redeeming thing for it from a programmer's point of view is LegOS.
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| ARGH!!!
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| Okay... I'll try to calm down. Lessee...what are the alternatives?
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| Well, there's the MIT Programmable Brick.. But that's a research project
| at MIT, and there are no plans to commercially sell it. Can't get my
| hands on one.
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| There's the Cricket. Hrm... nope. Only two motor outputs. Further,
| again, it's an internal project, with no plans for commercialization.
| Again, can't get my hands on one.
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| There's the Handyboard... Okay, now *THIS* has potential. But there's
| no readily obvious way to adapt it to a real LEGO mindset. It's a bare
| motherboard that is subjected to the elements, is delicate, has no nice
| and easy to follow directions in how to adapt it to plug into any LEGO
| pieces, and overall just isn't suited to unplanned play. I can probably
| get one of them quite easily, but then what?
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| Am I frustrated? Well... maybe just a little.
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| I'll shut up now.
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| Thanks for listening. :)
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| >> Mark
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| The preceeding comments are not intended to offend anyone or anybody's
| efforts. I realize that many people have done marvelous work in the
| area of building robots with LEGO and the available tools, but for inept
| clods such as myself, it doesn't appear that there are many workable
| options.
| --
| Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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 | | RCX Limitations, griping, etc. :)
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| Only 3 input ports... only 3 output ports... no expandability... The only redeeming thing for it from a programmer's point of view is LegOS. ARGH!!! Okay... I'll try to calm down. Lessee...what are the alternatives? Well, there's the MIT (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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