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A video tidbit I've had rattling around since House of Bricks. The first part is NXT combat, with three remote controled robots (that's six NXT sets altogether). The camera is mounted on a robot driven by John Brost, with my robot being the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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(...) If you have a module, then bring it - old or new. I'm not sure how many new ones I'll have, especially as one of mine is now a virtual GBC antique, having been one of the very first modules ever made to the standard. And the others that will (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This brings me to a question: is there any restriction on bringing last year's modules to this year's Brickfest? On one hand it seems like that could make it even bigger (!) but on the other hand we want some new stuff, right? Thoughts, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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[Others have addressed most of this, so I'm just putting in my 2 cents and not a bunch of "me too"s] (...) Ok, but that one I do have to add a "me too" :-). (...) Over any long-term average. This could be 1 ball every second, or a batch of four (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've worked with these as well. They look nice, and like Steve I have some modules that can handle them, and some that can't. More interesting (to me) is that a simple mechanical sorter works great, so potentially you could have a GBCm that (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This may be where some people get into trouble. The height & placement of the in & out baskets is a hard requirement. So is the minimum of 1 bps. People MUST follow the standard, in order for the GBC to work. Last year at BrickFest, every one (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) They are a little bigger and a little heavier. If either of these is a problem for your module, then it's a problem. :) They will work with most of my modules, but not all. However, they are good for shooting with an NXT... Steve (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Hassenplug" <Steve@TeamHassenplug.org> wrote in message news:35326.66.84.205...air.com... (...) Thread HiJack!!!!!! The new Bionicle sets have some shotting balls in them and they are a little bit bigger than soccer balls (and a little (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ahh the lamentations of the GBC slave...I feel your pain. After beginning my primary GBC module a week after BF'05, I am *still* testing it. It is extremely complicated and and I've had to make countless design decisions and tradeoffs. At one (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Rafe, It sounds like all this info jammed up in your brain, before it finally leaked out... :) All these thoughts & calculations are good. As you pointed out, for one module, it's ok if 90% of the balls pass through. However, with ten modules (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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