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Re: digital camera entirely made of mindstorms?
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:57:01 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Miller writes:
> Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctech.com> wrote:
> > [...] he made the robot scan several hundred "scanlines"
> > with several hundred pixels per scanline. [...]
> 
> Hmmm. I guess in that case my second scepticalness is over the ability to
> aim position the lens that precisely with lego gears...

The error you refer to can be eliminated by using a rotation sensor on the axle
of greatest angular velocity, and (more important) by scanning in the same
direction each time.

- Robert Munafo



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  Re: digital camera entirely made of mindstorms?
 
This thread is pretty old, but if any of you have questions about how I made my pure-lego digital camera, I would be happy to answer them. The camera scanned the sensor by tilting the sensor. It used the magnifying glass from the Adventurer's set. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: digital camera entirely made of mindstorms?
 
(...) Ooh, I didn't see that. Thanks. (...) Hmmm. I guess in that case my second scepticalness is over the ability to aim position the lens that precisely with lego gears... (27 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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