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(...) Nah. Pressing the OFF button is OK. It's when it starts pressing the ON button that you have to worry. That's why one of my personal rules is "the deadlier the robot, the shorter the extension cord." BTW, not only is the 'bot nice, simple and (...) (16 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thank you. Like I said, you guys (rtl) are at least partially responsible (or to blame) for this, so I thought I'd flag it your way. (...) Well, speaking of computer angst, I only realized after the fact that PnP can literally push it's own (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Brian, This is a nice robot. Ive not been on RTL for a bit (computer angst) but this was a nice video and robot to watch. Keep up the good work Regards Chris (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Well, they sometimes need to be inquired after a while - in my case, I never got an answer to my first request. Only when having asked about it on some "informal" channel, they sent it rather quickly. But that's just my personal experience and (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for the input, guys. Right now I'm stuck waiting for NI to act on my request for the student edition of LabVIEW -- they don't seem to be very speedy. How long do they usually take? -dave (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Right now I don't know of any better resource than just looking at examples like Steve's. However, there is a book I wrote titled "LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS" that will be out this Fall that contains a primer on writing NXT-G blocks as well as (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Dave, While I don't know of anything like that, all the blocks on my page are unlocked, so you can check them out. (URL) that helps Steve (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Please pardon if this is a FAQ. I thought I would write some simple NXT-G blocks, but couldn't google up anything that looked like a HowTo on the topic. I've downloaded the SDK material, etc. What I'm really looking for is a simple "hello world" (...) (16 years ago, 13-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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What's the url for the torrent site? Thanks! -- Perry (...) (16 years ago, 10-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Many thanks to John who pointed me to a torrent site. (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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