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RCX with AC power - Still Available
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:40:43 GMT
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James C. Jones <jonesj5@ocpsSPAMCAKE.k12.fl.us>
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Hi. Yes I mostly lurk, but what a great listserv this is!! I recently
acquired a Robolab for my 8th grade science classes - WAY COOL. Also, I
recently went to a Lego sponsored training workshop, where the Lego Rep.
tells me that you can still get the RCX with the AC adapter from Pittsco
Dacta, 1-800-362-4308 or at: www.pitsco-legodacta.com.
Hope this helps!
Also - I have been toying with the ideal of building a solar-powered
robotic mower - using a weed-eater styled cutter (with blade). But how
would I teach it the map of the lawn area. With battery and solar panel,
it could just cut continously during the day, and of course I wouldn' have
to mow so much..... Thoughts?
'thanks
James C. Jones
Liberty Middle School
3405 S. Chickasaw Trail
Orlando, FL 32829
Jonesj5@ocps.k12.fl.us
PH 407/249-6440 x280 (x425 voice mail)
FAX 407/249-6449
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | RCX Mower (was RCX with AC power - Still Available)
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| You wouldn't necessarily have to map the lawn. Just let it go around randomly. A purely random algorithm would have a tendency to miss corners, though. You could do something random, but add a bias of some kind to help it get the corners of your (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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| James C. Jones <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:v01540b02b43b87...121.26]... (...) Yea, but they want something like $150 compared to $200 for a RCX and a whole lot of parts with the RIS. (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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| (...) These things are commercially avaible already, my uncle has one. If I remember correctly, it was made by Husqvarna. The major drawback is that the solar power driven one is +/- Hfl 8000 ($4000). One with batteries is half as expensive. Really (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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