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Re: Serenity, an autonomous NXT-based boat
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:59:44 GMT
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Tony Naggs <TONYNAGGS@GOOGLEMAIL.nospamCOM>
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On 12/09/2007, Brian Davis <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote:
> Well, I blogged about it, and wanted to make sure I shared it with the folks
> that inspired me (LUGNET). I've never been really interested in LEGO boats,
> because in the first place I couldn't see much use for them (guiding a robot
> over featureless water being... somewhat challenging), and in the second place
> an all-LEGO solution was hard to come by... but then LEGO released new sets with
> floating hulls, and I got interested again. so I put together "Serenity", a
> proof-of-concept NXT-based water-craft:
Wow Brian, that looks cool. I never thought of making a NXT boat.
If I did I would probably not let go anywhere much other than a bath
tub, it's pretty brave to take it out somewhere. I'd be worried about
recovering the craft if the batteries gave out, or if it capsized the
electronics would be likely to be wrecked.
ttfn,
Tony (holidaying in a currently rainy Beijing)
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| (...) I never seriously considered LEGO robotic boats... until I was walking through the LEGO asile one day, while thinking about the Hitechnic compass sensor, and my eyes glanced off the words "ship floats" on the LEGO box. Put those two together, (...) (17 years ago, 13-Sep-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Well, I blogged about it, and wanted to make sure I shared it with the folks that inspired me (LUGNET). I've never been really interested in LEGO boats, because in the first place I couldn't see much use for them (guiding a robot over featureless (...) (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.robotics) !
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