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(...) If you are really following a line then you should use a traditional line following algorithm rather than try to use motor synchronization and turn ratios. There isn't any reason to synchronize the motors since following a line usually (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm giving a demo on Saturday of the Trinity College Robot Fire Fighting contest. There are likely to be a lot of LEGO bot builders there (Fort Collins has one of the biggest FIRST LEGO League followings in the country). I'll be showing some videos (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Need help combining steering with odometry in NXC
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(...) Update: upon a couple more hours' testing, I found that the above command actually prevents the bot from turning at all. It will only turn if I pass at least RESET_BLOCK_COUNT for the last parameter (of course other combinations that include (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm working on an NXT bot to do the Trinity College Fire Fighting Robot Contest ((URL) at least well enough to get through this Saturday's demo at the local science museum. At the moment, I'm just trying to get the robot to follow the wall (which is (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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I have a older no-name one with BlueSoleil. But that one didn't work with the instruction I followed. (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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At the very beginning, I could get the BlueSoleil (the software with an orange in the middle) connect to NXT, no problem. But it was no use, as long as Lego software can't find the bluetooth. But that was only at the beginning. I can't reproduce (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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Besides, there's an according list on the official LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT site: (URL) certainly not complete, though, but a starting point (and they may be interested in the results of this discussion as well). As for BlueSoleil, I could not get it (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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I bought the Kensington 33085 and have had that working fine on 3 different PCs. I also bought a no-name bluetooth adapter that uses the BlueSoliel software. I was able to get that one working on the PCs as well. The Kensington, bought for about $50 (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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I bought one of those "no name" adapters (with Bluesoleil software) $10 (Australian). Of course, plug and no-go. Then I found this: (URL) working now. The adapter has been identified as "ISSC USB Bluetooth Device". (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NXT Power Programming book
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As a convinced fan of graphical both programming environments : ROBOLAB and NI NXT toolkit, I would like to share with you how much I appreciate the tremendous work John Hansen has done in the development of BricxCC and more recently in his new book (...) (17 years ago, 28-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC etc vs. MS Robotics Studio
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Dear list, I tried to look this up a little on the (URL) site but could not find it easily: could you please tell me where I can find information or user feedback about use of the MSRS with the RCX? Is it a reasonable choice for fast prototyping and (...) (17 years ago, 19-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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Some of us here in Indiana and surrounding areas recently got together for a "just for fun" sumo event. We didn't keep score, and in fact the goal was to use stock LEGO models as much as possible. We started out with making five copies of the #8275 (...) (17 years ago, 12-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | NXT Software Version 1.1
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It looks like we will be purchasing an NXT when we visit Carlsbad Thanksgiving week. Now comes the question of software. The computer where we do most programming is a Vista Home Premium eMachine desktop. The computer where we play most is an XP (...) (17 years ago, 9-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.17
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I posted a new official BricxCC release yesterday: 3.3.7.17. This release includes substantially improved help content for NBC and NXC as well as a built-in NBC compiler (beta 33). If you've been using the latest test release there isn't much new (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) :) I know. I have the book. What I was specificly asking about was logging roller coasters or other such rides. One of the early datalogs I did was to monitor the light level near a window along with the sound level for three days. You could (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There are step-by-step instructions for using the data logging feature of the NXT for measuring light level and similar experiments in the Extreme NXT book. The book also shows how to import the text data files to spreadsheet programs. You can (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There was a TV show on the Discovery Channel or one of the other science channels a couple of years back on exactly this topic. It was one of the "kids do science things" type of show. They used some other logging device. Unfortunately I have (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Datalogging with the NXT
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OK, I've got to admit that this isn't exactly "robotics". In fact, it must be about the smallest "robot" I've ever made, in that it was really just the NXT and a single sensor, with a few 3L pins and a studless beam to secure the sensor. But the (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NXT robot that does Wii bowling
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No, this isn't mine. I just happened across it today: (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Four-stroke pneumatic pump
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Here is my last creation, a four-stroke pneumatic compressor. (URL) only special parts are the small pumps and the crankshaft pieces. This compressor can also be build up partly. I mean you can use one or two pumps instead of four. Depending on the (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce) !
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