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(...) I think this is right. After all, we could all start with an asortmaent of bits of metal and plastic and a hobby engineering shop, and build arbitrary robot designs; and *probably*, it wouldn't cost a huge amount more than the mindstorms kit (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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snip (...) Actually there is a working LEGO compass, put probably not large and reliable enough to be read by a sensor. Eric Brok (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Light sensor with a magnifier? :-) I tried using the differential gear to "remember" the initial heading of my robot, and painfully discovered that the result would drift off after many turns. Now I think compass is the way to go. (I wonder (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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What is a source for your floating compass? - - - Nick - - - Hao-yang Wang wrote: <snip> (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here's some info on a compass sensor from Dinsmore Instrument Company for about 12 bucks. FYI (URL) >>Having said that at some stage I'm going to hook a compass up to my RCX, (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Richard (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Sorry for this late follow-up to this old thread. Real Life has kept me away from Lego for the whole week, and finally I am back. Searching for "compass" in the LUGNET news archive turns up 28 entries, so this topic has been discussed long ago, and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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