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turtle coding kit (Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?)
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Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:41:20 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
In lugnet.robotics, Mike Walters wrote:
But, that doesn't mean that I wouldn't like to at least share my ideas.  I
imagine that everybody who is on the MDP will have plenty of their own ideas,
but if we (the rest of us) had a place to just post suggestions and ideas, isn't
it possible that it could lead to something good?

I wonder if anybody knows.  Do you think we'll just do it through lugnet or
through a blog somehow?


Mike,

You must already know over the last year, all of us have brought ideas from
LUGNET, and other sources into our MUP discussions.

LEGO is smart enough to know they don't have all the answers, so they invited us
inside.  We (MUPs) are smart enough to know we can't speak for everyone, so we
look at places where people are talking.

I suspect there's a good chance you can post your ideas almost anywhere, and
someone will see them.  I prefer LUGNET.


So, what sort of ideas are you talking about?  Something you want to build?
Something to write?  A contest?  Personally, I'd love to hear about them all.


Just to give you a glimmer of hope, I believe the first people invited to
participate need to respond by today or tomorrow.  You have to think at least
one of the 100 are on vacation, and your name is 101 on the list...

Steve

I'll chime in here (I lurk way too much):

Given the choice, I'd like to see included in NXT
a software module for coding dead-reckoning
navigation for turtle-type robots, kind of like
here:

  http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200108/using_a_pid.html

But since the NXT motors have built-in encoders,
the code would be much simpler.  In fact, the inputs
to the routines would be just the diameter of the
wheels and their separation.

With such a code module included in NXT, this
would put just about all FLL teams using it
on even footing for navigation.  (Credit Evan
Ryker, a member of my recent FLL team, for the
sending me this excellent link.  Apologies if
it's been seen before here.)

I'd be willing to develop this myself, but I
consider myself an unlikely MDP member at this
point.

-Tim



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: turtle coding kit (Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?)
 
In lugnet.robotics, Tim Rueger wrote:=v (...) Me too, but I really really wish LEGO could expand the MDP just a little bit...I know they have their reasons and I can accept that but I'm still bummed. Ugggh, -aps (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: turtle coding kit (Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?)
 
(...) I would really like to see code that uses the microphone to detect sounds of other lego motors in the area. Possibly even two microphones to try to estimate the direction the sound is coming from. Would be cool for Sumo competitions. Although, (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: turtle coding kit (Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?)
 
(...) Having given this a bit more thought, the code would be almost the same. Even though the encoders are built-in, there's no guarantee that the motors themselves are matched. You would still need control loops to ensure that the motors rotate at (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?
 
(...) Mike, You must already know over the last year, all of us have brought ideas from LUGNET, and other sources into our MUP discussions. LEGO is smart enough to know they don't have all the answers, so they invited us inside. We (MUPs) are smart (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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