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(...) I wanted to let everyone know that I was able to fix my RCX and tell you what was wrong with it. There was a bridge between the positive terminal pad and a very thin portion of the ground plane along the outer edge of the PCB. Apparently the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Photos of a foosball table GBC module. A deep link showing the table, with 6 balls in play: (URL) balls come in from the top of the picture (side of the table) and exit at the goals. By speeding up or slowing down the rotation rate, I can let balls (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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So here I was, minding my own business and enjoying the last day of my first week of summer vacation, when suddenly an idea popped into my head. This idea was to use my Vision Command camera in conjunction with ROBOLAB 2.5.4, because I had seen (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Administrivia - duplicate postings
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Hi. Sorry to have forwarded those half-dozen duplicate postings. Somebody is re-injecting email, and I mistakenly allowed them onto the list. (19 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Bernard and Philo, The interesting thing is how they are priced. I would strongly suspect that the ones on the kornylak site are cheaper, and can be builk purchased, which would be a worthwhile advantage over the Charmed Labs ones, when (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, but if you slightly trim one end of a Technic bush it can be press-fitted in wheel hole and allow easy and tight axle mounting... Philo (19 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Would You Like To Play A Game Of Chess? I Play Very Well....
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Oops, sorry about the crosspost to these groups-- wasn't intentional. JOHN (19 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(URL) Built by my son, Ross. Portable. I lost my queen in our first game because I couldn't tell the pieces apart. He didn't care;-) Enjoy, JOHN (19 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Problem with RCX
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(...) not find any more battery gunk. Everything looked okay, no obvious signs of damage. Since this is a newer unit, the battery tabs are soldered to the board. If I place a meter on the + and - terminals, it shows a short. If I place a meter on (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"steve" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:44792D84.80803@...ail.net... (...) (URL) (19 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Game Boy + LEGO = Robot
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(...) Hi Philo, Yes they are, give or take, the same. However, the Charmed Labs ones have Lego axle holes! Danny (URL) (19 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Have also a look to these: (URL) (same wheels?) shawn to me by Bernard Catt. Philo (19 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Problem with RCX
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(...) I agree - and furthermore, whilst a dead short might well cause a battery leak (when the batteries get hot, the contents can expand and rupture the cell) - it's kinda unusual for a battery leak to cause a dead short - the corrosive gunk inside (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The dead short could have caused the batteries to leak. That's probably the only way to get batteries to leak in only a week. (19 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ahh, between the two articles; yours and the one on Charmed Labs, I learned a lot about this technology. THANK YOU e p.s. yes those Omni Wheels are very cool! (19 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Eric, I came across this some time ago, and even thought about seriously as a controller, although quids in its a bit pricy to buy the device and a GBA if you havent already got one just to use this. I have just dusted off a page I have on it (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Game Boy + LEGO = Robot
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A friend pointed this out to me. (URL) e (19 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Problem with RCX
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I have a 2.0 RCX that is only about 6 months old. I had just put a new set of batteries in it the other day and it was working fine. I had not used it for about a week and then tried it out and it was completely dead. I opened up the battery box and (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Good question. I never tried it that way... and now the bot is in pieces for my next idea... (19 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: NXT Line Follower
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Just wondering whether the same (unmodified) program will also work when you set the robot to follow in the opposite direction. It appears that you're following the outer edge of the line and I was wondering about the performance when following the (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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