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Have you tried (URL)? (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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Hi all, My Mindstorms kit has been gathering dust for sometime but I just unpacked it (my daughter is now old enough to join in). However I'm having loads of grief trying to run it under XP. I read that RIS2.0 supports XP and the brick can be (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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Hi all, If your RIS 2.0 freezes under Windows XP when it tries to detect the USB IR tower, install this patch : (URL) View this message in context: (URL) from the LEGO Robotics mailing list archive at Nabble.com. (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Go Team Hassenplug! PSumo at Brickfair
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(...) That's very cool!! Almost like using pre-programmed building blocks in a computer (like Visual-Orieneted Programming), but instead..on cards! How cool would it be for TLG to see "NXT motion packs" like trading cards? TLG could make an NXT (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Go Team Hassenplug! PSumo at Brickfair
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Congrats to Steve Hassenplug on the mention at (URL) Programmable Sumo Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS at Brickfair For all the details see (URL) Tormod Askildsen (Head of LEGO Community Development) got in on the action :) RFID Sensors available at (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here is our new sound localizing robot called Nic_3. It is capable of fixing the azimuth of a sound source that is located in the horizontal plane. The localizing process is done using the stereo audio amplifier that we already used with Nic_1 and (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: PnP, an NXT-based "industrial" robot
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(...) Yes, the motion reminds me a a bird as well sometimes. The speed of the arm motions is under program control - it will slow down smoothly as it approaches the target position, for instance, and some movements are set to accelerate & (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: PnP, an NXT-based "industrial" robot
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(...) Doh being blind it did move on... (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Nice work again Brian, It is a nice action, is it accelerating? or fixed speed?, reminds me of a bird.. perhaps Peck'n'Place... :) I noticed you have a calibration with a limit switch under the 'place' rack, are your Pick racks also calibrated or (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help vintage 1093 Interface A
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Hi Dino, (...) probably yes, the interface is simply TTL I/O according to this site: (URL) that I have no personal experience with this, use at your own risk. Jürgen (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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OK, I had to post this in rtl because I confess the main inspiration for this was watching Ian's amazing LEGO industrial P&P automations over the years. This isn't nearly as fast as his, but it's the first time I've captured a motion I really like, (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
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| | Re: Help vintage 1093 Interface A
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(...) Please, can you help me? (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG
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<Snippage> (...) </Snippage> 60's, huh? Although I wasn't there myself, my uncle always said if you remember the 60's, you weren't there. You remembered part of it. Does that mean you were partially there? ;) -Rob www.lifelites.com FUT - O-T.fun (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG
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(...) Steve/Stewart not bad for 40 years of being in a muddled brain of millions of pathways. Even got "access to tools" right. As you can tell, that was a really important book in my youth. And memories from youth are the ones that stick the best (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG
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(...) (URL) Whole Earth Catalog> by Stewart Brand (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG
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(...) Back in the late 60's or early 70's a guy name Steve Brand (this if from memory) came out with The Whole Earth Catalog--An Access to Tools. Big rage in the hippie/design/commune/techno geeky subcultures. He essentially provided a source for (...) (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux
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(...) And there's always BrickOS - can be a bit of work to setup, but gives you a GNU C compiler & tools, with C++ support. (URL) (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wireless Power for LEGO Trains?
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(...) There are several (numerous?) wireless power transmission systems in development. Electric toothbrushes were early adopters. Google "eCoupled" for a system aimed at eliminating the hassle of recharging all your mobile gadgets. Steve (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | AW: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux
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On Linux, you could use Java-based leJOS for programming the RCX in connection with the associated Eclipse plugin (see ((URL) Nachricht----- Von: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] Im Auftrag von Andrew G. Meyer Gesendet: (...) (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux
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NQC works like a charm. I take it Ubuntu users prefer a IDE to simplify things. But coding in NQC is not so bad. Open up gedit and code away! (...) (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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