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RE: Distance Sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 31 Jul 1999 17:04:48 GMT
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Chris wrote:
> It is interesting to design these devices out of discrete Lego components in
> order to understand the principles that make them work. But do yourself a
> favor and buy a couple of angle sensors when you buy Mindstorms. These are
> really necessary for a huge variety of robotics applications, and it's really a
> shame that TLG didn't include a pair of them in the basic RIS.
Or in any of the expasion packs either. DUH!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | RE: Possible Project here at RIT =)
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| Just to kick around some ideas -- A friend (Jeff Battisti (sp?)) and I are kicking around the idea of getting a student group together to make an exploratory mapper 'bot using the Mindstorms kit and either nqc of the Java bindings... What we want is (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Mars Rover (was: Re: Distance Sensor)
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| (...) Speaking of expansion packs, whatever happened to the Mar's Rover pack that was supposed to come out with the first two? Has anybody heard anything about it? Is it just delayed or is it not coming out at all? John C. (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Possible Project here at RIT =)
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| At 19:33 31-07-1999 Saturday , Andrew Phelps wrote: [...] (...) If you haven't done so, start by reading "Where am I? Sensors and methods for Mobile Robot Positioning" by J. Borenstein that is available free: (URL) will find very usefull information (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Distance Sensor
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| (...) By far the easiest solution is to buy one or more rotation ("angle"?) sensors from Lego. I overpaid for mine, but I've heard that you can get these for about $17 US from Lego Shop at Home. (Sorry, I don't have the URL handy...) These sensors (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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